Lesson learned.....

[Don]

Hi Joe,

I would have thought the welling up would indicate you need to leave the
piano tipped. I always wait 72 hours minimum.

At 09:25 AM 9/23/2005 -0600, you wrote:
>   Hi Dean, The hardest decision to make is wether to right the  piano
>right away or leave it over night. A clue, is how much glue is being taken
>in in each  pin hole.  A welling up and slight pooling tells me that the 
>piano does not need bed rest for a day.  Any pin or area that seems to not
>pool up is a  warning not to resurect the piano. Also if the piano has no 
>string braid, it is best to leave the piano prone. Unless you use the
>kicker. Be sure to have a small picking tool to clean out  the glue under
>the string against the termination point. The dampers will give  you a clue
>as to which ones need to be cleaned. Joe Goss RPT    ----- Original Message
>-----    From:    Dean May    To: 'Pianotech'    Sent: Friday, September
>23, 2005 8:51    AM   Subject: RE: Lesson learned.....   
>      OOOOPS!           If you are at all    worried about there being
>excess CA glue, just give a light misting of    accelerator over the pins
>and wait a minute before tipping the piano back up.              Dean  
>Dean May                cell 812.239.3359   PianoRebuilders.com     
>812.235.5272   Terre Haute IN     47802       -----Original    Message-----
>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org    [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On   
>Behalf Of Mike Kurta
>Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 6:59    PM
>To: Pianotech; Rodney    Gorzka; Paul Simkin; Paul Kupelian; Nick Smith;
>Mike Kurta; Michelle Stranges;    Loren Miller; Ken Williams; John
>Harrington; Joel Levine; Joe Karwacki; Gary    Sylvester; Fred Scoles; Ed
>Mastin; Bob Lee; Art Smith; Al Grenning; Tom    Moonan
>Subject: Lesson    learned.....                         Tilted    a small
>spinet on its back for CA glue application to the loose    pins.           
>                Righted piano and began tuning, here's where it gets   
>good.....           Found    several dampers frozen to strings, and several
>strings sound dead with no    sustain.            tilted the    piano back
>up to normal, coating the strings and soaking into the    dampers.         
>    Check to see how    much liquid is still sitting on the plate before
>uprighting the    piano.                 DON'T LET THIS    HAPPEN TO YOU !!
>         Mike    Kurta                    
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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