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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 =
FACE="Arial">Les, List,</FONT></SPAN></P>

<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 =
FACE="Arial">I don</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 =
FACE="Arial">&#8217;</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">t know if =
this was mentioned but past</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#000080" =
SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">J</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ournal =
articles</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> have =
shown pictures of pinblocks that were doped with different =
solutions</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> =
<FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(not CA =
glue)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> =
<FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">and it shows how the =
solutions generally</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 =
FACE="Arial">don</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 =
FACE="Arial">&#8217;</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 =
FACE="Arial">t</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> =
penetrate</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> =
<FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">through the pinblock and =
have a tendency to destroy the upper</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" =
SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> one or</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" =
SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> two laminates.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#000080" =
SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sometimes within a couple =
years.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>

<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 =
FACE="Arial">The correct way (according to the article) to use =
Garfield type products is to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#000080" =
SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">&#8220;</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" =
SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">remove about every 15</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><SUP><FONT COLOR="#000080" =
SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">th</FONT></SUP></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" =
SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> pin and fill the hole</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" =
SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">s several times until it is =
saturated</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 =
FACE="Arial">&#8221;</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 =
FACE="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Before =
CA glue I did this and it</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 =
FACE="Arial">does</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> work. Of =
course,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> =
<FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">it takes =
time,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> =
<FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">you risk breaking =
strings, etc. etc.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> but IMO =
the superficial doping</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">of a =
pinblock is not good</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> at all. =
In cases</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> where it =
did work</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> =
<FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 =
FACE="Arial">probably</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 =
FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">you =
could have</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">spat on =
it and it would have done about the same.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#000080" =
SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(Just joking. No comments on the dangers of =
saliva</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 =
FACE="Arial">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> =
please</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 =
FACE="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 =
FACE="Arial">)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>

<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 =
FACE="Arial">CA glue, as stated in several posts, is far better, and =
doesn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 =
FACE="Arial">&#8217;</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">t seem to =
destroy the block over time.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>

<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 =
FACE="Arial">Jim Busby BYU</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 =
FACE="Tahoma">_____________________________________________<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 =
FACE="Tahoma">From:</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> caut-bounces@ptg.org [<A =
HREF="mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org">mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org</A>]</FO=
NT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> =
<FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">On Behalf Of</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 =
FACE="Tahoma">Leslie Bartlett<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 =
FACE="Tahoma">Sent:</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> Sunday, December 18, 2005 =
8:18 PM<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 =
FACE="Tahoma">To:</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> caut@ptg.org<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 =
FACE="Tahoma">Subject:</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 =
FACE="Tahoma"> [CAUT] pin block restorer</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>

<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I =
went over 50 miles to this house to discover this untuneable piano had =
about 5 really loose pins, and the rest were just fine!&nbsp; I neither =
took my hearing aids nor my Computer for TuneLab, so ended up pretty =
much struggling with the tuning, but did no pinblock work =
whatsoever.&nbsp; But thanks for opinons. I'll certainly keep them for =
future use, which WILL come about one of these days.</FONT></SPAN></P>

<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 =
FACE="Arial">thanks</FONT></SPAN></P>

<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">les =
bartlett &lt;&lt; File: ATT116372.txt &gt;&gt;</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>

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