Yes. I think that CA truly "reconstitutes" mushy pinblock wood, making it FAR more recptive to tapping them in! I always CA BEFORE trying tapping, these days. Thump --- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > FYI: > > I CA-treated the pinblock of an old upright six > months ago. Dozens of pins were so loose that they > immediately spun back on their own after raising the > pitch. I tipped the piano back and applied two > bottles of thin CA (after spending 20 minutes trying > to talk the lady into dumping the piano). It was > quite apparent that the pins had been doped some > years ago - plate was all stained at the tuning pins > and the feel of the few pins that had any torque was > very spongy. The CA treatment seems to work well a > couple days later when I pitch-raised and tuned the > piano. > > I went back there last night to tune. Three pins had > let go. I gave them a tap or two and they then had a > very solid feel. All the other tuning pins had good > to great torque and very good feel. > > This piano had a full plate with no tuning pin > bushings. > > Bottom line: CA worked great on this previously > doped block. Your results may vary. > > Terry Farrell __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you’re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com
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