[pianotech] Lakeone

[paul bruesch]

That would probably be a concern for me then... I can think of a lot of
very-small-amount uses, but the lyre is the only larger application I can
think of that I've seen for a long time.

Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 4:58 PM, John Ross <jrpiano at bellaliant.net> wrote:

> If you use it infrequently, shelf life is a consideration.
> I have a couple of partial cans of the powder left over.
> Possibly the catalyst (liquid) can be bought separate now.
> It is an excellent product.
> John Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia
>
> On 06-06-2012, at 6:47 PM, paul bruesch wrote:
>
> Mark,
>
> Interesting you'd post this today. Last week I visited a Howard grand
> whose lyre, well, needs some work. The single large screw into the keybed
> simply spins and goes nowhere. I was planning to repair it using T-nuts,
> but a product that can be used where CA glue would not be effective would
> be good. It sounds as though you use it a fair amount, right? How long has
> the small kit lasted for you? How quickly does it set up, e.g. for the
> lyre, or for S&S action brackets (I needed it for that on Monday!!)
>
> Paul Bruesch
> Stillwater, MN
>
> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Mark Dierauf <pianotech at nhpianos.com>wrote:
>
>> I would add that the Lakewood is very handy stuff to have around. I carry
>> the small kit with me on my rounds, and have used it in customer's homes
>> for repairing stripped screw holes, including stripped lyre screws. In
>> fact, once I had to fill large sections of the underside of a keybed where
>> the lyre had literally been torn out of the piano. You can mix it thin, so
>> it will be self-leveling or run down into small hinge screw holes, or as a
>> thick putty for working overhead, as on lyre screws. It's my method of
>> choice for repairing stripped Steinway action bracket screws. It's not
>> inexpensive, and it reeks like bondo on steroids, but I  I wouldn't want to
>> be without it.
>>
>> - Mark
>>
>>
>
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