CA and Bridge Pins

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Roger,
I agree that epoxy is the best and most perminate repair for loose bridge
pins,  however two reasions for CA,  I do not let the strings down and so do
not have to retune and there are no false beats from the places in the
string length that have the little kink or wear spot.
Steamers unite<G>
Joe Goss
----- Original Message -----
From: Roger Jolly <baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 12:49 AM
Subject: Re: CA and Bridge Pins


>
> >I have been considering changing to epoxy for smell reasons but as the
epoxy
> >will not do the wicking for tuning pins and the CA is already in hand
> >perhaps the investment in a good mask for breathing will do.
> >Joe Goss
>
> Hi Joe,
>            If you are tipping the piano, and dropping the tension of the
> strings, 5min epoxy and heat is  almost as fast. ( Well not quite, but
> quick)  Hot epoxy will wick quite a bit, one advantage is the epoxy can be
> trimmed with a sharp chisel very nicely, and easily in the semi plastic
> state. I use a small wood carver's chisel to clean the notch when doing
> bridge pins.
> If you pull the pin, it will act like a piston and force the epoxy into
any
> cavity, and you can restore the bridge pin angle, and hence side bearing.
> I would imagin the compression strength is just as good as the maple.
> Clean up with acetone is also easy.
> I have come full circle with CA, and bridge repairs. 5 min epoxy in the
> field and 24hr epoxy in the shop when not recapping. I now just use the
> thin CA for very small hair line cracks.
> Roger
> Roger Jolly
> Saskatoon, Canada.
> 306-665-0213
> Fax 652-0505
>