Running CA

[Farrell]

I make it a two-trip job. Apply CA first day and leave piano on back. Tune
next day (or a couple days later). Works for me.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 7:55 AM
Subject: Running CA


> Friends,
>
> One thing I haven't seen mentioned regarding this:
>
> I've seen techs recommend applying CA around the tuning pins until "the
> piano won't take anymore."  I guess that's alright for grands, since the
> stuff will just lay there until it gets hard.
>
> But what about uprights?  I tilt them onto their backs to do this job,
> and I like to return them to normal position before leaving.  But
> sometimes the CA is still liquid, so I dab out the excess to keep it
> from running down the plate when I "upright" the piano.  How does one
> add CA "until the piano takes no more" and avoid this problem?  Dabbing
> is messy and time-consuming, and it's also easy to get the stuff on your
> fingers trying to do this.
>
> Regards,
> Clyde
>
>
>