On Thu, 11 Sep 1997 07:47:36 -0400, Howard S. Rosen wrote: >Do you have to tilt the piano back as in the old days with pintite? Do you >use the extra thin CA glue? > >---------- >> From: Greg Newell <gnewell@EN.COM> >> To: pianotech@ptg.org >> Subject: Re: (null) >> Date: Wednesday, September 10, 1997 5:51 PM >> >> On Wed, 10 Sep 1997 08:59:53 -0500, Leslie W Bartlett wrote: >> >> >Dear Lists >> > >> >Does anyone have experience using CA glue to tighten tuning pins AFTER >> >pin dope has been applied? I tuned a Knabe upright that had the pins >> >doped some twenty years ago, according to owner, and now some of them >are >> >loose enough they won't hold. She doesn't want to buy a new piano. >Might >> >even consider rebuilding the Knabe with new pinblock and everything. It >> >has sentimental value. Ugh. >> > >> > >> > >> >Does anyone on these lists know anyone in or near Leeds England who has >> >an e-mail? I'm looking for a composer. Please respond to the privately. >> > >> >Thanks for the help. >> > >> > >> >Leslie Bartlett >> > >> >lesbart@juno.com >> > >> >> >> Leslie, >> The very first piano I "doped"with superglue was one that had pin >tightener >> used in the past. It came out beautifully. To the best of my knowledge it >must still be >> holding respectably after 1 year. >> Greg Newell >> Greg and Mary Ellen Newell >> Greg's Piano Forte` >> Lakewood, Ohio 44107 >> gnewell@en.com >> > It was an old small (grand?) (I use the term VERY LOOSELY)!!! No tilting. Greg and Mary Ellen Newell Greg's Piano Forte` Lakewood, Ohio 44107 gnewell@en.com
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