Doping pins.

[Farrell]

I have done a few disaster pianos where I wanted to get as much CA as possible. I have doused the coils pretty thoroughly. It seems to cause no problem, just makes a kinda neat crunchy sound when you first turn them.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Wynne" <ptuner@optonline.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2002 7:35 PM
Subject: Re: Doping pins.


> At 09:49 AM 6/15/02 -0400, you wrote:
> >Matt,
> >
> >When I put CA in from the top it sometimes leaks through to the action 
> >cavity.  With the piano upside down, I would be concerned about the CA 
> >travelling through the block and contaminating the strings, coils, etc.
> >
> >Jerry
> 
> Good point.  I put a blanket under the piano to protect the floor, but in 
> an 80 year old piano with flat topped hammers, square knuckles, rusted pins 
> and strings, etc. (you get the picture), what's wrong with a little CA glue 
> on the coils?
> 
> -Matt
>