[pianotech] open letter to CA users..???

[John Ross]

I would try a becket breaker.
John Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia

On 13-02-2012, at 1:21 AM, Joseph Garrett wrote:

> Rob said: 
> "I'm repinning a grand with oversized pins and upon attempting to remove
> the becket from the old pins to take the old pins out, I've discovered the
> major pain in the bu** that can materialize from careless CA work. 
> 
> Apparently, it was too difficult to direct the CA at the bottom of the
> tuning pin, and instead an easier route was chosen to just pour the CA over
> the coil and let it run down into the hole. Since I'm now repinning, the CA
> didn't work all that well on pin tightness, but it was most excellent at
> insuring the becket was unable to leave it's little home in the tuning pin.
> ;-)"
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rob,
> I'd just suggest you get busy with a big honkin' set of diagonal cutters.
> Snip the wires and then back the pins out with either a reversable drill or
> air drill. No biggy, imo. Why do you need to take the wire out of the
> becket hole? In reality, you're just going to toss those old pins anyway.
> So, what's the big deal?<G>
> It's obvious that someone really didn't understand how one is supposed to
> apply CA. I suspect it was the wrong vicosity, as well.
> That's my take on it.<G>
> Joe 
> 
> 
> Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
> Captain of the Tool Police
> Squares R I
> 

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