Just wanted to share a success story with those who gave me so many directions on using CA glue... It was a very old (tall) upright. The first thing I noticed was that there wasn't anything covering the pinblock (no metal plate, etc.), and I could see the cracks. The second thing I noticed was that all the strings were approximately a 12th flat or lower. I tried to pull a few up...no good...went right back down. Because of my previous experience with CA glue, I thought it might not be enough, so I hammered the pins in further. (One hit pushed them to the coils!) This also opened up the cracks in the block a little more, but not too much. After that, all but a few would just barely hold a pitch if I took the hammer off the pin very carefully. There were lots of people there willing to help move the piano, so it was no trouble getting the glue in. It was very interesting because as I put glue in one location, we could watch it travel through the cracks to other pins, filling up the gaps as it went. While the glue was drying, I took my time doing some other repairs, and they fed me. :D When the glue was "dry enough", I went ahead and brought it up to pitch. It held quite nicely. I was happily surprised! :D I've used CA glue before on other pianos, but none of them were this bad. I don't know if I needed to force the pins in further, but I think it helped, and it allowed more glue in. Hope that was the right thing?!?!? Maggie Jusiel Piano Tuner Winds & Strings Teacher PO Box 1234 Athens, WV 24712-1234 (304)952-8615 <mags@magsmusic.net> <http://www.magsmusic.net>
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