CA in a hurry

[Avery Todd]

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Cy,

If I was going to the trouble of repinning with oversize pins, I'd use new 
wire.
JMHO.

Avery

At 07:39 PM 11/17/04, you wrote:
>One point about oversize pins vs. CA is that some old strings have such 
>corrosion that the string may very well break when taking the tension 
>down, removing the coil, and putting it back on the new, larger pin.
>
>I was improving the sound of bass strings on a 1923 Ellington grand by 
>removing them from the hitch pin and rolling a loop.  It worked great for 
>the first 8, but just loosening the tension and taking it back up again 
>caused the 9th string to break at the becket, so I bailed out right there.
>
>With CA, that's not a worry (but if the coils are really close to the 
>plate, CA'ing the string to the pin is a possibility -- even with a 
>syringe needle!).  Plus, CA will fill any pinblock cracks, while an 
>oversized pin may just enlarge them.
>
>--Cy Shuster--
>Bluefield, WV

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