super glue battle

[Paul S. Larudee]

RptBob1@AOL.COM wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 3/29/99 1:56:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, JPIESIK@arinc.com
> writes:
> 
> <<
>       "I knew there was a good reason I refused to listen to any of you guys
>       using CA glue on pin blocks.  And oil?  The only place for oil is a
>       salad.  Only solution is a new pin block and restringing."
> 
> Paul and John:       >>
> Hmmm.  So Paul is the expert now and all the persons saving some really awful
> pianos with CA instead of replacing the pinblock are wrong.  Strange reasoning
> and logic here.  I presume this implies that you would spend your customers
> dollars on almost worthless pieces of junk  that could only be saved by
> installing new pinblocks or some other expensive repairs.  A piano worth
> $200.00 and then "improved" to hold a tuning with $800-$1200 worth of
> rebuilding will still probably be worth $200.  That same piano, with$10.00 of
> CA plus cost of application will probably now hold a tuning-and the customer
> will still have his/her $200. piano but will not have thrown  lots of cash at
> an expensive repair.  I would guess that the number of Technicians using this
> effective, but not expensive repair, numbers in the hundreds. And we are
> growing daily.
> 
> Bob Bergantino, RPT
Bob,

I leave the door open to be convinced.  It just hasn't happened yet.

Paul