Eliot, I always used Garfields before I knew there was anything else. I treated my last piano with Garfields maybe eight years ago and always had reasonable success with it. For about 4-5 years I didn't have any to do, and now more recently I've been trying CA glue. A teacher at last year's national convention gave a mini-technical on using CA as a tuning pin tightener. He said you will always have success by using four drops per tuning pin. On the other hand, I think I overheard Brian Trout say they used 2-3 bottles on a piano before they began to notice improvement. (I hope I quoted you correctly, Brian.) So I started with using small amounts and was disappointed with the results. I used one bottle on the last piano I did. I'll be tuning it tomorrow morning, so I'll know after that if that was sufficient. The benefit of CA over Garfields is that you can return a vertical to its normal position right away, not leave it on its back for several days. Regards, Clyde Eliot Lee wrote: > Dear List, > > I would like to know whether to use CA glue or Garfields or Pin-Tite pin > treatment for loose tuning pins. What do you prefer and in what > circumstances would you use one type of treatment over the other. > > Thanks, > > Eliot Lee
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