Pinblock

[Kristin Torres]

Paul:

Why not just do the Garfields thing?  If CA causes strings to break (as
someone on this list has stated) then Garfields seems to be the way to go.

Regards
Greg Torres
Tunapiana@aol.com
Tunapiana@adisfwb.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul McCloud <smccloud@ix.netcom.com>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Wednesday, October 22, 1997 10:50 PM
Subject: Re: Pinblock


>I've a question, since you brought up the pin bushings.  I have an old
>Albert piano (upright) that has all the pins driven down 'till the coils
>are nearly against the plate.  Many pins aren't holding the pitch.  It
>has the bushings, plus the coils are so close to the plate, that I'm
>reluctant to use the CA glue, which will likely wick up into the coils
>before it will penetrate to the block (assuming it gets past the
>bushings.)  Should I just use Garfields or try the CA glue?  Beyond this
>treatment, the piano isn't worth doing anything more, like repinning.
>It just needs to have the pins hold for a while..
>
> Paul McCloud, RPT
> San Diego, CA
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