Humble request: What to swab loose pin holes with?

[Keith Roberts]

Just the cheap hardware store brand that looks fresh. The 6 min stuff. The
test I witnessed, the guy filed a relief vent in the side of the hole with a
triangular file. Swabbed the hole good and drove in the old pin. Made for a
tight/jumpy pin. I didn't like the feel. Maybe removal of the pin and
cleaning/ sanding/wirebrushing after the epoxy cured would help. It would be
possible to tune with a pin like that but not much fun.
Keith Roberts
----- Original Message -----
From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 10:10 AM
Subject: Humble request: What to swab loose pin holes with?


> I have a relative "newbie" tech friend who has gotten
> himself in a bit of a corner: Blasius upright, had
> loose pins of various sizes.  Plate is out and he
> needs to stay in customer's  pre-arranged budget on
> this piano. Is looking for most economical, likely fix
> for pins. (No block replacement or plugging.)
> Is thinking of swabbing with epoxy, reppinning with
> biggest "Lo-Torque". I already warned about recent
> complaints regarding Diamond products.
> Question: Which epoxy swabbing method/brand is
> recommended? I have never done this, so I can't advise
> him, but thought that an epoxy swab followed by CA on
> individual still loose pins after stringing might
> work. What think ye?
> \     Respectfully,
>       Thump
>
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