I've put so much CA on a block (old upright) that it welled up around the plate screws, and glued all the strings together. My piano, fortunately ( Cable studio, 1928), and I had to slice the strings apart with a knife. But it worked!!! If I ever try to take this piano apart, though,. I anticipate much grief. Thump --- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > Your points on appearance may well be a factor in > your case - obviously your judgement. Just so you > know though, from a technical perspective, with > reference to getting CA all over coils - no problem, > they just break free. Ah, um, er, ah, a friend of > mine did that, yes, that's right, a friend of mine, > and I watched him, that's how I know. ;-) > > Terry Farrell > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 10:01 AM > Subject: Re: What do I do with Story&Clark/Yamaha > 158 grand? > > > > Cosmetically, though, the piano is quite nice and > the > > pins have been driven to the point that any > wandering > > CA between them, on top of the plate, would harden > to > > a lovely web between plate and wire! Usually I > keep > > twisted up Kleenex (TM) handy to quickly wick up > any > > wandering CA, but this does not work well when it > gets > > beneath low-lying strings. I think I might just > flip > > this one over and do the 3-bottles-of Pin-Tite > over a > > weeks period from the block underside. I'd rather > use > > CA, but in this attitude I fear it might run over > the > > coils and make a ugly mess! I'm also concerned > about > > permanently gluing the plate into the piano, so I > > don't usually CA nice grands. Not much, anyhow. > > Thump > > > > --- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > > > Well, I must admit that I have never worked on a > > > block after it had been CAed. BUT, being that > the > > > CA just simply solidifies, I can't for the life > of > > > me imagine that repinning would be affected at > all - > > > especially if you went up two pin sizes and did > a > > > little reaming - but again, I have never done > that > > > (although I would maintain that I would be 99% > > > confident that it would not harm anything - and > > > hence, the "can't hurt" statement). > > > > > > Anyone out there ever repinned a previously CAed > > > block? > > > > > > Terry Farrell > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com> > > > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > > > Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 7:46 AM > > > Subject: Re: What do I do with > Story&Clark/Yamaha > > > 158 grand? > > > > > > > > > > Terry, > > > > > > > > I was thinking of suggesting the same thing > you > > > did. CA may fix the > > > > problem indefinitely. Since I don't do major > > > repairs, however, I am not > > > > qualified to answer the question. The one > > > apprehension I had was this: > > > > Suppose the CA didn't work, and the piano had > to > > > be repinned anyway. > > > > Would the CA have ruined the pinblock to the > point > > > it would now have to > > > > be replaced, rather than just repinned? > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Clyde > > > > > > > > Farrell wrote: > > > > > > > > > Perhaps a first, most-low-budget, approach > would > > > be CA. Can't hurt! > > > > > > > > > > Hi folks! > > > > > > This Yamaha built Story&Clark model > 158 > > > grand is > > > > > > in a church social hall. The pins have > that > > > typical > > > > > > looseness of Yamahas from the 1960's or > 70's, > > > which I > > > > > > have felt before. The church wants the > piano > > > fixed, > > > > > > but does not have a big budget. The pins > have > > > been > > > > > > driven already. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > pianotech list info: > > > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pianotech list info: > > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more > > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/
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