---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hear, hear. Having used CA for other things, I can second this. CA is brittle. Ultra thin will wick down when you don't have time/budget for the "proper" fix. But if you're going to pull the pin, by all means use epoxy. Andrew At 12:50 PM 8/5/2005, you wrote: >If you are going to pull the pin, I would recommend putting >unthickened epoxy down the hole - it's no more difficult than CA, >and I can only assume the epoxy will provide more benefit - although >I have not made any comparison test between the two. I have epoxied >many a pin in place. I routinely use epoxy (West System) in every >pin hole on a new bridge also. > >Terry Farrell >What do you think of slacking off a warbler treble string, pulling >out the pin if it's willing to come, and putting the CA into the >hole -- versus just putting a drop at the bass of the pin without >changing the wire? Any benefits to getting more CA into the bridge? >Worth the time and tuning stability expended? > >I did this once on a few notes of (an unnamed but fairly new) grand >with tuning stability issues, and found that when I put CA glue down >one hole and put the bridge pin back in, CA spurted out of a >neighboring hole. Obviously, there can be cracks down there ... > >Susan > >At 01:22 AM 8/5/2005 -0400, you wrote: >> >> Susan >> yes & Perhaps wee bit more craftsmanship at the factory. The >> list of complaints seems to be getting longer >> Dale >>At 01:07 PM 8/4/2005 -0500, Andrew wrote: >> >A number of single strings in the high treble were warbling. Tried gentle >> >seating of strings and pins to very little effect. >> >> >>Possibly putting a drop of CA glue at the base of the front bridge pins? >>For warblers, that is. >> >> ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/b9/6e/0f/66/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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