I used to do a lot of doping with Garfields. One problem, is that it does not always work as it should especially on very loose tuning pins and it is a lot more messy. CA is the only way to go IMO. -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of CHARLES BECKER Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 3:01 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] CA glue vs. PinTite or Garfield's? Stewart/ Macdonald is good as is Rockler tools water thin. ----- Original Message ----- From: <A440A at aol.com> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 1:49 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] CA glue vs. PinTite or Garfield's? > > << CA glue with relatively good results. After sitting in on one of Ed > Dryburg's seminars at a convention I've been using his method to treat > pinblocks > when necessary. I'm fairly pleased with the results--and I particularly > like that > the results are almost immediate. But in speaking with other techs, a lot > of > them use PinTite or Garfield's, and they SWEAR by it. >> > > Let them swear! And then let them tune their results. > Other than CA, all of the pin tightening fluids I encountered left a > greasy, vague, spongy feeling in the block. I was never comfortable that > the > string was actually anchored, since it was difficult to tell when the pin > began > to move. > I have used CA a lot, and it is head and shoulders above anything else I > have seen. I like the #10 water thin from Stewart-Macdonald guitar > supply. > Hope that helps. > > > > Ed Foote RPT > http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html > www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html > <BR><BR><BR>**************<BR>A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See > yours > in just 2 easy steps! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220085203x1201389322/aol?redir=htt p:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc% > 3D668072%26hmpgID%3D62%26bcd%3DMarchfooterNO62)</HTML> > >
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