Loose Tuning Pins-Drink Spilled

[Farrell]

How does the plate plug differ from the plate bushing? I don't quite understand what you mean by "right angles to the pins".

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Jolly" <roger.j@sasktel.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: Loose Tuning Pins-Drink Spilled


> Hi Gordon,
>                   I am late contributing to this thread.   If the piano is 
> a Yamaha or Kawai, I very much doubt that CA glue will work from the 
> top.   What looks like Plate bushings are in fact plate plugs.    ( the 
> grain of the plug runs at right angles to the pins)  I have replaced two 
> pin blocks on Japanese pianos that previous techs have applied copious 
> amounts of CA from the top, none of it ever wicked any where close to the 
> block.
> Flipping the piano, and applying the CA from the bottom of the block is the 
> way to go.
> Make sure you have some 2 X 4's  and moving blankets to roll the piano 
> over, and on to.  Lifting the piano back up on to it's side is hard work if 
> you don't. I also remove the hinges to prevent any damage.
> 4 or 5 drops to each pin hole should be enough.
> Regards Roger
> 
> 
> At 09:06 AM 4/24/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >Good Morning Gordon and other contributors.  I'll tune the piano
> >Saturday AM and hope to be able to get back to the respondants on my
> >inquiry shortly by mid week.  Do appreciate all your suggestions.
> >Regards, Gordon
> >
> >On 23 Apr 2003 at 14:07, gordon stelter wrote:
> >
> > > If you want to do a more cosmetically nice job, flip
> > > the piano over and apply the CA to the pins from
> > > underneath. Then put it on top if that isn't enough.
> > > Yesterday I did a Yamaha/Story and Clark for a church
> > > like this. Today it tunes like a brand-new block!
> > > Glorious.
> > >      ( But I would pre-tune the piano prior to ca-ing,
> > > as it will put little caps over the pin bottoms,
> > > inhibiting further downward travel.
> > >      But I filled these ones right up, and it had a
> > > VERY nice feel on all the pins after drying (24 hours)
> > > after first "letting down" the tension a bit, to break
> > > the initial bond.
> > >      Cheers!
> > >      Thump
> > >
> > > --- Joe And Penny Goss <imatunr@srvinet.com> wrote:
> > > > Hi Gordon,
> > > > My vote is for thinest CA. On the strings you need
> > > > to replace, remove the pin and swab with thick CA
> > > > and restring.
> > > > Joe Goss
> > > > imatunr@srvinet.com
> > > > www.mothergoosetools.com
> > > >   ----- Original Message -----
> > > >   From: RptBob1@aol.com
> > > >   To: pianotech@ptg.org
> > > >   Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 2:23 PM
> > > >   Subject: Re: Loose Tuning Pins-Drink Spilled
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >   In a message dated 4/23/2003 4:16:11 PM Eastern
> > > > Daylight Time, gholley@hi-techhousing.com writes:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >     couldn't see or hear last night.
> > > >       Could I please hear the YEA'S AND THE NAY'S on
> > > > an initial step to
> > > >     take.  Please refer to Gordon Stelter as "Thump"
> > > > as we have been
> > > >     mistakingly switched around in past discussions.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >       My Regards,
> > > >
> > > >       Gordon Holley
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >   Hi Gordon:
> > > >   Do the step with covering the area under the pins
> > > > after removing the action.  Use thin CA; use a fan
> > > > blowing across your work and I don't think you would
> > > > need a carbon mask.  I never have and I've done
> > > > quite of few of these "pinblock resurrections". Try
> > > > to have doors and windows open in the area you are
> > > > working and warn the customer about the odor.  You
> > > > may have to schedule this at a time when there are
> > > > not many people around.
> > > >
> > > >   It works well!
> > > >
> > > >   Bob Bergantino, RPT
> > > >   Willoughby Hills, Ohio
> > > >
> > >
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