The CA itself probably spread around under the plate web to the other pins, Joe! Sleep Well Thump --- Joseph Garrett <joegarrett@earthlink.net> wrote: > I just finished an "all-nighter", (I hate it when I > get behind...my own > doin'!) Thought I'd give y'all an update on the CA > treatment. I'm happy to > say it was a very big success. I now have a pianer > that tunes like a new > Baldwin! I'm not too sure how it happened, as I only > CA'd the loosest tuning > pins. Perhaps I should back up, for those who have > not been following my > last posts on this project. Victorian/German > Upright. Some idjit did a > really bad job of restringing it. He used 5/0 tuning > pins, so nowhere to go > but CA. Most of the pins were in the 75 inch pounds > to 100 inch pounds > range. And then there were the LOOSE ones measuring > in at 25 to 60 inch > pounds! the piano has a full plate w/o plate > bushings. (Someone was smiling > on me, there!) I used a 5cc Hypodermic with number > 21 X 1" needle, (blunted > so's I wouldn't inject myself!). BTW, the Vaseline > trick worked very well, > so's I'm not permanently affixed to the plate. <G> > I carefully dribbled the CA around the most > offensive, (low torque), pins > and gave it 24 hours. Most of the low torque pins > came up, but not to my > liking, so I gave the persistent "lows" another > second shot. That was 48 > hours ago. For some reason, ALL of the tuning pins > are now in the 150 inch > pound to 180 inch pound range! Yikes! The only thing > that I can suspect > happened, was the liquid fumes of the CA traveled > between the pin block and > the underside of the plate to ALL of the available > orifices. Since that > stuff is really "Fumey", (if that's a word?), it > would permeate any porous > substance in close proximity. Purely speculation, on > my part, but I'm here > to tell you, the piano is a workout to tune now! As > for longevity, donno. > I'm hoping it's going to last for a long time, as > the client is a royal pain > in the butt and would not be happy if it started > having > "loose-tuning-pin-itis any time soon. Since it's > Sunday, a prayer would be > appropriate, (mine and yours). Well, so much for the > "Polishing a Turd" > saga. Y'all be happy and Healthy. > Best Regards, > Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon) > > Been There, Didn't Like It, So I'm Here To Stay! [G} > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com
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