This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment And not an old-fashioned incandescent-bulb flashlight (or at least don't = make that your only one). I used to keep one of those in my toolkit and = 50% of the time, when I needed it, the battery would be dead. Two or three years ago I bought an LED flashlight. It is not real bright = (I'm sure they have better ones now), but every time I've reached for = it, it worked. I replaced the battery for the first time about six = months ago (just a couple regular AA type). Mine is real small. Yesterday I used it (as I have many times) in a = poorly lit room while tuning an old upright to shed light on mute = placement in the high treble. I lay it on top of the treble dampers and = it lights the whole treble string area. IMHO, only way to go! Terry Farrell ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Avery Todd=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 2:53 AM Subject: RE: Unglued grand jack tender 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=20 adjustment! :-)=20 Avery=20 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.=20 -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 -----=20 From: Farrell=20 To: Pianotech=20 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 -----=20 From: David Ilvedson=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 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 <joegarrett@earthlink.net> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 17:54:28 -0800 Subject: Re: Unglued grand jack tender Cy asked: " why are those =3D jacks made in two pieces to begin with? Is it just so they = can fail in =3D 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 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/25/64/b3/4c/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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