Hi Paul, You don't mention if the piano in question has a bottom cover. I've found improvements in pin torque on pianos so equipped. It does take some months to show up. >Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 11:55 AM >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 Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna at yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner
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