CA again

[AlliedPianoCraft]

Yes Paul, I had the same experience with an old upright I treated with CA. It will ease up a little as you tune it. 3 years later, that old upright is still holding tune. 

Al Guecia


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dempsey Jr., Paul E" <dempsey at marshall.edu>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 11:54 AM
Subject: CA again


> List,
> 
> Last March I had need to CA a pinblock in a grand that, because of the very low humidity here in the Ohio Valley, had TP torque deep into the marshmallow zone and worse.
> 
> In November I tuned the same piano again and was happy to find the thing very tunable. Nice firm pins with no cracking and popping to speak of.
> 
> Last Friday I was back again to tune for a recital and found to my dismay pins that were so tight that I honesty expected to twist tuning pins in half!!
> 
> In February this is the last thing I would have expected. It's a big piano and has a double DC system installed but I found dust bunnies in the reservoirs. Yeah, I have given the "lecture".
> 
> Is it reasonable to think that the CA glue has taken a REALLY long time to completely cure?
> 
> Anyone with similar experiences?
> 
> Paul E. Dempsey, RPT
> Piano Technician Sr.
> Marshall University
> Huntington, WV
> 304-696-5418
> 304-617-1149
> 
> 
>
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