Unglued grand jack tender

[Avery Todd]

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Yes, and be sure you keep a flashlight in your tool kit in case you ever
have to remove the fallboard and look inside to make a regulation
adjustment! :-)

Avery

At 12:35 PM 11/10/04, you wrote:
>*GRIN* Have you checked out the Millenium III action with all carbon parts?
>If I wasn't a technician, I swear I could sell Kawais.
>-ilex
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On 
>Behalf Of Cy Shuster
>Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 9:03 AM
>To: Pianotech
>Subject: Re: Unglued grand jack tender
>
>One of them wouldn't grip at first, so probably the reverse is true, too 
>(Titebond preventing CA from gripping).  I used a different bottle of CA, 
>and that seemed to help, but the first bottle worked on the others.  I 
>guess I should have scraped both wood surfaces first; obviously there was 
>some glue there before (it looked bare, though).
>
>Those Kawai "black jacks" are looking better all the time...
>
>--Cy--
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>Farrell
>To: <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech
>Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 6:23 AM
>Subject: Re: Unglued grand jack tender
>
>"...wouldn't have a problem with a drop of CA to all the rest to help 
>solidify them for the time being..."
>
>Yeah, as long as the anticipated follow-up work was jack replacement, 
>rather than gluing with Titebond. I should think that application of CA to 
>the mating wood surfaces would pretty much ruin a good Titebond glue surface.
>
>Terry Farrell
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net>David Ilvedson
>To: <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org
>Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 10:04 PM
>Subject: Re: Unglued grand jack tender
>
>I agree, a little titebond applied with a toothpick or such and you have a 
>good repair.  I wouldn't have a problem with a drop of CA to all the rest 
>to help solidify them for the time being...
>
>David I.
>
>----- Original message ---------------------------------------->
>From: Joe Garrett <<mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net>joegarrett@earthlink.net>
>To: pianotech <<mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org>
>Received: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 17:54:28 -0800
>Subject: Re: Unglued grand jack tender
>
>Cy asked: " why are those =
>jacks made in two pieces to begin with?  Is it just so they can fail in =
>a repairable way if regulation is off (too much aftertouch)?"
>
>Cy,
>Being the maker of obsolete action parts, I can say the Jack is the most 
>difficult item to make. (just close your eyes and try to imagine how that 
>configuration is cut!) It's made that way, because it's better, IMO
>BTW, I hope you are prepared to replace those jacks, as in fairly soon, as 
>CA doesn't last very well in Stress applications. Please don't do that 
>anymore. I don't care if it is in some PTG manual.....it's a bad way to 
>repair something like that! Especially in a high end piano! Yikes!
><G>
>Best Regards,
>
>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
>Captain, Tool Police
>Squares R I

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