> >After a generous dose of CA to firm-up the pins, >has anyone tried to remove the plate? > >Will this not glue the block and plate together as >well. There is leftover flange/block fitting material >on the flange but how will it affect the pin webbing area? > >Just a thought, > > >Jon Page, Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jpage@capecod.net >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > CA's pretty hard. It should pop off the cast iron fairly easily, especially after a few seasonal swings. I don't think it would be a big problem. I'd think you would have a worse time getting a plate off a block if it had been glued under the webbing with something more flexable and clingy, like PVC-E. Yea, I know, there's no reason for PVC-E to get under a plate, I was just trying to make a point. %-) It probably won't come up for another twenty years or so anyway. Once a piano is made even adequately tunable with the CA'd pinblock, it probably won't be rebuilt until something not ignorable and not easily gotten around forces the issue. By then, there will probably be a pour on crown restorer and hammer builder-upper and the piano will last forever. Maybe longer. Ron
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