I make it a two-trip job. Apply CA first day and leave piano on back. Tune next day (or a couple days later). Works for me. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 7:55 AM Subject: Running CA > Friends, > > One thing I haven't seen mentioned regarding this: > > I've seen techs recommend applying CA around the tuning pins until "the > piano won't take anymore." I guess that's alright for grands, since the > stuff will just lay there until it gets hard. > > But what about uprights? I tilt them onto their backs to do this job, > and I like to return them to normal position before leaving. But > sometimes the CA is still liquid, so I dab out the excess to keep it > from running down the plate when I "upright" the piano. How does one > add CA "until the piano takes no more" and avoid this problem? Dabbing > is messy and time-consuming, and it's also easy to get the stuff on your > fingers trying to do this. > > Regards, > Clyde > > >
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