loose loose tuning pins

[Dean May]

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Have you tried it, Julia? I have on pins just as you described. Within =
20 minutes they were tight enough to hold tension and even tighter the =
next time I was out to tune some months later. And really, that is all =
the tighter they need to be: to hold the tension. One application should =
do the trick. If you have a problem pin, pull it out, squirt some glue =
directly into the hole and reinsert the old pin. I've never had this not =
work. Do not use accelerator.
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When I do this treatment I always make it clear to the customer that the =
piano still needs to be rebuilt. All I am doing is buying some time.=20
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If you are only going to change the pins, I wouldn't bother. That is no =
more effective a fix than applying the CA glue, IMHO. In fact, applying =
CA glue is more effective because it will not add stress to existing =
cracks or delaminations as oversize pins often do. It will do just the =
opposite. CA glue will work to fill those voids, stop future propagation =
of cracks, and add strength to the wood.
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Did you read my posts on the subject from a couple of weeks ago? If not, =
I can email them to you privately.

Blessings,
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Dean
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Dean May             cell 812.239.3359
PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272
Terre Haute IN  47802
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Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 7:50 PM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: loose loose tuning pins
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Greetings.

             How tight can CA glue make really loose tuning pins? Is =
there a limitation to it's effectiveness. I would think if they are =
really loose, (so loose that you can actually see a tuning hammer ride =
back as fast as the sweep second hand of a watch!) that maybe 4 =
treatments on those pins might do the trick, but I don't know. Any =
suggestions? What sanctions a repinning job? If one does re-pin a piano =
must all the strings be replaced with new ones or can you re-string the =
old back on?

Julia Gottchall
Reading, PA

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