In a message dated 6/3/99 6:36:18 PM !!!First Boot!!!, ulrich@rangenet.com writes: << I've been following the threads on ca adhesive ILO pin tightener. On those occasions when I needed to dope an upright in the past, I've been happy with Garfield's (from Schaff), so I haven't saved these posts. Problem came up this morning tho on a 1943 Acrosonic studio with _has_ to be a crack in the pin block in the bass section. Will the ca glue help here, or is the instrument beyond repair? Thanks. Roy F. Ulrich Pike Piano, Inc. Virginia, MN >> You can probably make the repair, but how many bottle of CA glue are you willing to poor into the pin block before all the cracks are filled? If you want to make a repair, I would recommend you get impact resin. You can buy this stuff at a plastic store. It is used to repair crakes in plastic. It is much less expensive, and will do the same thing. Remove the pins in the area in which you think there is a crack. Fill the holes about half way with impact resin, and drive in 00 size tuning pins. Let the stuff dry for about 2 or 3 days. Remove the 00 pins, and repin with 000. (You have to have the piano laying on its back for this.) The torque will not feel the same as a wood pin block, but the pins will hold. Willem Blees
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