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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=390061500-10052005>Hi =
Ken,
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=390061500-10052005>CA =
glue has it's
various schools of for and against. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=390061500-10052005>In =
any case, you
need to resize those capstan holes with something. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=390061500-10052005>Wood =
Rebuilder
could do it, if you carefully control consistency, but it might create =
more work
than needed, if the holes have to be drilled again =
from</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=390061500-10052005>being =
too full of
the stuff. </SPAN></FONT><FONT =
face=Tahoma
size=2><SPAN class=390061500-10052005>Odorless CA glue, as Barbara =
suggests
might be a good option. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=390061500-10052005>If =
you are dead set
against CA glue, you might try hot hide glue for sizing. =
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
class=390061500-10052005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=390061500-10052005>I had =
to fix this
same problem on a Steinway D, after the same note kept showing up with =
the
hammer laying there like a dead fish. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=390061500-10052005>I =
checked them all
and there must have been at least two dozen loose or 'getting loose' =
capstans.
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=390061500-10052005>I do =
remember
backing the offending capstans all the way out first. =
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=390061500-10052005>Then, =
I
experimented to see how much glue and time it took to get the =
tightness
required, </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN =
class=390061500-10052005>without having to
cut new threads in the hole. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
class=390061500-10052005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=390061500-10052005>Once =
holes
were glue-sized, it has not happened again. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best regards,</FONT> <FONT face=Arial
size=2><BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brad Smith, RPT</FONT> =
<BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.smithpiano.com">www.smithpiano.com</A></FONT> <BR=
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face=Arial size=2> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond> The threads were still intact, but it was =
so loose
that apparently the impact of playing caused the capstan to screw itself =
down
into the key. </FONT></P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT =
face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Ken Zahringer
[mailto:ZahringerK@missouri.edu]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 09, 2005 =
5:02
PM<BR><B>To:</B> College and University Technicians<BR><B>Subject:</B> =
[CAUT]
Loose Capstans<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Garamond><SPAN
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