CA glue a Baldwin

[Farrell]

"i told them it might or might not work."

I usually tell the piano owner that CAing tuning pins is a very 
cost-effective bandaid repair that provides good to excellent results about 
80% of the time.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "daniel carlton"
> i'm considering using CA glue on a small Baldwin (i haven't found a serial
> number yet and i didn't measure the piano) but i might guess that it would
> be at least 50+. it was rebuilt about 30 years ago. aparently someone used
> pin tite or garfields or whatever on it without telling the customer.
> i looked at the piano for the first time last week and many of the notes
> were very sour. a couple of pins in the bass simply wouldn't stay put.
> i explained the situation to the customer. i told them they could either
> replace the pinblock or do a temporary fix with CA. i told them it might 
> or
> might not work. they wanted to try the CA to see if it could make the 
> piano
> tunable until they could save enough money for a new PB.
> so i was reading up on CA since this will be my first time to use it, and 
> i
> ran across a message or two that advised against ever using CA on a good
> grand: