Thanks for this, Dean. Should I take it from what you wrote that I should not expect those pins with low torque now to become too loose anytime in the near future? Alan Eder -----Original Message----- From: Dean May <deanmay at pianorebuilders.com> To: 'Pianotech List' <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 3:02 pm Subject: RE: CA Glue for pin blocks A quality soft block like Bolduc will tolerate a lower torque pin and still give adequate holding power to maintain the tension. If they don’t slip I wouldn’t mess with them. Just be thankful for a pin that is extremely easy to set. Contact the rebuilder as per the other suggestion and find out what he wants to do. Dean Dean May cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN 47802 From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of reggaepass at aol.com Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 4:33 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: CA Glue for pin blocks A matter related to this thread: I have a client with a recently rebuilt piano, including a new (Bolduc) pinblock. The torque is acceptable on many/most of the tuning pins, but is too low on several. The low-torque pins are not so loose as to not hold (at least, not yet), but make it harder to tune accurately and, especially, to get into a good groove as one moves along from string to string. So the question is: Should I use CA on the looser pins, even though this is an otherwise healthy, new block (I'm guessing some drilling discrepancies are the culprit), or would CA now present problems when we restring again (on this same block) down the road? And, if I should NOT CA it, what then? Thanks, Alan Eder Stay informed, get connected and more with AOL on your phone. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080603/db954bc4/attachment-0001.html
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