I have only used CA once on one pin...got to love the Bay Area.. David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Michael Kurta" <mkurta at roadrunner.com> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Received: 6/10/2008 4:47:29 AM Subject: Re: Pin bushings with CA glue application > Hi Gordon: > I have treated around 60 pianos with CA, both with and without bushings. >Your first application will soak into the bushings and the excess will run >seep down into the pinblock. Be generous. Go around a second time (which I >do most times anyway) and that will insure that CA will wick down into the >block where you want it. My philosophy is more is better. I don't want to >come back later and reapply because I was stingy with the product the first >time. > If it is a grand, play it safe and remove the action to prevent seepage >past the pins. In a spinet like yours, before you flip the piano up on all >four, be sure any excess has been soaked up with paper toweling as it can >run down the strings and into the dampers. Ask me how I know..... Good >Luck > Mike Kurta
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