This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Adjustable hammer shank repair clamps? Joe Goss imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: David Ilvedson=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 12:07 PM Subject: Re: Weak pin block And we're still trying to find a use for them...I use CA glue = exclusively for a loose pin.=20 David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: John Ross <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 13:40:46 -0300 Subject: Re: Weak pin block Hi Julia, When I used to shim a pin, with sand paper, I used to make a tube of = the sandpaper, and slip it in the hole, grit side to the wood. This is the first time I have heard of grit side to the pin. If I do it now,because, I don't have an oversize pin, I will = frequently use a bit of veneer. One thing NOT to do is use these metal tuning pin bushings, that are = sold by the supply houses. I still have them left from 1975, when I = didn't know better, and bought some. Regards, John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Alpha88x@aol.com=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 1:16 PM Subject: Re: Weak pin block Greetings,=20 Up in piano tuning school, we were advised to lay the = piano on it's back via a piano tilter and use CA glue, or the old = formula of violin rosin mixed with alcohol as a tightening agent for = loose pins. Also, if the situation is bad enough, a piece of 150 grit = sandpaper could be cut in about a 3/8" wide strip, the length of which = would be twice the circumference of the pin, folded in half width wise = and wrapped around the pin and put back in the hole. The folding in half = width wise, allows you would wrap the grit towards the outside of the = pin and there will be grit surface towards the inside of the pin, so = that the grip occurs between the pin and the block's hole and the pin = and the inside of the sandpaper.=20 I never had to try it yet as I have only been tuning for = a little over a year. It worked at school and I would try it if I had = the need. Hope this helps. Julia Gottchall, Reading, PA ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/69/06/e8/a8/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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