CA glue a Baldwin

[Farrell]

Alan Barnard wrote:
> Nonsense (respectfully to others who may have different, albeit, wacked-out
> views <G>), since this piano has a pinblock that will not hold, the
> pinblock is not part of a "good piano" at this point.
> 
> Remove or carefully cover the action (cover the keybed, anyway, if action
> is removed) and carefully pour it in. Have materials ready to sop up any
> drips. Use a hypo-oiler or some other means to carefully control flow and
> placement. HAVE ACETONE WITHIN EASY REACH. Open windows and/or set up a
> small fan to blow the stuff away from your face. Warn the customer, but
> explain that when dry it has no odor. Usually better to go over all the
> pins several times in smaller applications than to create Lake Erie around
> each one. PUT DOWN A TARP or something to cover flooring and carpets. It
> HAS been known to wander and drip and will ruin a carpet DAMHIK.

She eluded to her Baldwin being a grand. If that is so, remove action and put newspapers or other protection on the keybed. Don't worry about the floor if you protect the keybed. I suspect Alan was thinking the piano was a vertical.

Terry Farrell

> You can tune it shortly after treatment if the pins weren't too, too bad,
> but they will be much tighter the second or third day so I'd make a second
> trip if it isn't a six-hour drive.
> 
> If you do wait a day or two be prepared for what otherwise can be a
> frightning phenomenon: Tap your hammer to move each pin slightly DOWN
> before you tune it. There will be a fairly loud
> sounds-like-a-string-breaking crack! as the CA breaks loose from the pin.
> Then you can tune normally.
> 
> You WILL be amazed at the results. And for all practical purposes I'm not
> sure the term "temporary fix" is appropriate. We don't really know how long
> this treatment will last because it's only been used for a few years, but I
> don't see any weaking yet in my pianos and haven't heard of any CA treated
> blocks going south from others, yet either.
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