On 13/02/2012, at 12:15 a.m., Rob McCall wrote: I don't know that more CA would've worked. Most of the bass section wasn't just loose -- the tuning pin would not hold even the slightest tuning. It took about 60° of turn to bring it to pitch, and then when you let go it would unwind right back to where it started. It seemed way too loose for me for CA, but then my experience is limited on the edge of the envelope stuff for CA. Is there a limit on just how loose a pin can be and still accept a CA treatment? Rob: I just worked on a piano that was 20% as you described and needed a new pinblock due to termites. It was a convent and the nuns didn't have the money, so I sugested to experiment with CA and they agreed to give it a try, so I put CA a month ago and it is still holding the pitch and the tuning! Who knows how long will it last the treatment, but so far it was a cheap solution for them. As Ron said, maybe it was a poor application of the treatment... BTW: I have no option than to spill some CA on some coils because there was no spece between them and I couldn't get the little tube tu pass through. It was about 10% of the strings, so I'm indirectly a culprit of your suffering... Rafael Huberman Regards, Rob McCall McCall Piano Service, LLC www.mccallpiano.com Murrieta, CA 951-698-1875 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120213/70503d33/attachment.htm>
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