It MIGHT be worth a call to YC, if in fact it is a silicone issue. They're still quite responsive (when you can get someone on the phone) to the expanding bracket issue from the same era. Best way I've found is to dial/touch (866) 798-6979 and select prompt for "Acoustic Service" Paul Bruesch Stillwater, MN On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Wesley Hardman <whardman at scottsboro.org>wrote: > The piano is a 1990 W48 Weber Upright that is located in the choir room > of the church building. The tuning pins of the bass section are tight. The > pins in the tenor section are loose to the point that a few are not holding > tune like they should. Most of the bottom pins of the treble section are on > the verge of being too loose. > > There is a climate control system in the piano that has not been in use for > who knows how long. > > Three recommendations have been made by other technicians as to how to best > address this problem: > A. Replace loose tuning pins with one size larger pins > B. Drive pins farther into pinblock > C. Treat with CA glue > > What is your recommendation? > > Thanks, > > > Wesley Hardman > Scottsboro, Alabama > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090227/87ddde24/attachment.html>
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