CA again

Don pianotuna at accesscomm.ca
Mon Feb 18 13:50:57 MST 2008


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


More information about the Pianotech mailing list

This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC