<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=US-ASCII"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C5425F.3EE63DD0">  <style>  </style>  </head> <body bgcolor="#D8D0C8" lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple = style='tab-interval: .5in'> <div class=Section1> Cy<= /span>,<o:p></o:p>        &nbs= p; If the piano is currently and will continue to stay in the = climate that caused this situation I’d say go ahead and use the CA glue. This = is not an irreversible treatment by the way. If the pinblock is only 10 years = old it still may be redrilled and fitted with oversized pins or replaced again. = If it is the original 1917 pinblock, its toast anyway and never stood a chance = of surviving the rebuild.<o:p></o:p>        &nbs= p; The DC system unfortunately will not provide adequate protection = for the pinblock in an extreme environment. The soundboard and bridges certainly = could have been saved and may be preserved in their current state by = consistent use and maintenance of the DC.<o:p></o:p>        &nbs= p;  <o:p></o:p>        &nbs= p; Having said all that, if the piano is in a more environmentally = friendly home now, doing any sort of repair may be doing the college a disservice = as well as shooting yourself in the foot at the same time. The fact of the = matter is that the college students need a top of the line instrument such as = this one has the potential to be, the faculty needs it, and the college is awash = in cash to do the job if they decide to adequate the funds. Repairs may only = deny the students and faculty a better instrument for an extended period of time. = Sometimes allowing them to suffer a poorly performing piano is the right thing to = do. It allows them to keep the incentive to do what they both need and can = afford, rebuild.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Joseph D. Gotta RPT<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> -----Original = Message----- From: = caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On = Behalf Of Cy Shuster Sent: Friday, April 15, = 2005 10:20 PM To: CAUT Subject: [CAUT] CA for = loose pins on a "D"? <o:p> </o:p> <div> I've been studying piano technology for ten = years, on and off (I've passed the RPT written exam), and have been tuning = professionally for a year and a half.  I've applied to North Bennet St. for this = fall.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> I was just asked to take care of an S&S D = for a local community college.  It's 1917 vintage (played by Rachmaninoff = at one time!), and rebuilt by Steinway about ten years ago.  It's = suffering from humidity damage: 8" crack in the soundboard behind and under the = treble bridge and elsewhere, false beats in the low tenor (loose bridge pins?), = and loose tuning pins in the bass.  One or two are so loose I was = tempted to mute them, for fear they wouldn't survive a = concert.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Of the needed repairs, the only one's I'm = qualified to do are to CA the loose pins, which I've done successfully three times previously.  I'll happily do this on someone's no-name, = 100-year-old, 4'8" neonatal grand with rusty strings, but I want to ask for = advice before doing anything irreversible to an instrument of this = caliber.  I can do the repair without side effects, I'm sure (I pull the action and = use copious amounts of plastic tarps), but = still...<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Is the right thing to do to simply write up a = report and say that it needs a new pinblock, bridge cap, and at least = epoxy in the soundboard cracks?  Or let Steinway re-evaluate it?  Is it = better to pull the loose pins and shim with sandpaper or veneer rather than = risking CA?  Will Steinway scoff if they get a CA'd pinblock to = replace?<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Side note: it has a disassembled DC system... = sigh...<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> --Cy Shuster--<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Bluefield, WV<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> </div> </body> </html>