Dave-- a corner of a paper towell gently touched against newly spilled ca glue will wick it up ( and sizzle and smoke, too! ). Probably a good idea to wear a masks, goggles and gloves. Might not be good for you! Thump --- Dave Smith <dsmith941@comcast.net> wrote: > Thanks to all who answered my post!! I followed > through the troubleshooting process recommended by > Keith, I think, and finally ended up tilting piano, > loosening treble strings, and using the epoxy and > soldering iron trick recommended by Ron and Joe G. > Interesting to watch the epoxy wick down into the > tiny space around the pins. I used West System > epoxy and the ultra slow hardener I had left over > from my wooden kayak project. Thanks to Phil Bondi > also for coming out and helping me decide what to > do. > > It worked!!! Eliminated about 95% of the false > beats. Treble sounds pure and good. > > Also CA'd some loose tuning pins while it was > tipped. That also tightened most of them very > effectively. Kind of messy, though, as my CA bottle > would drop a drop here and there where I didnt want > it. Never did quite get this technique perfected, > but it did work well. Results just dont look quite > as neat as I would have liked. I guess this is why > they call this "learning the trade". > > > Again, thanks and hope to meet some of you in > Dallas. > > Dave Smith > SW FL > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dave Smith > To: Pianotech > Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 9:09 PM > Subject: False Beats in high treble after > stringing > > > Just finished stringing my Wing and Sons upright > piano project and have quite a few false beats in > the last two octaves of treble in single strings. > My first restringing project. Phil Bondi suggested > that I ask on-list for advice. The treble bridge > seemed (to me anyway) to be in pretty good shape. > About 1/3 of the bridge pins were loose and I had > removed and replaced after putting epoxy on the ends > of the pins. Also a little epoxy whereever there > appeared to be any hints of small cracks near the > pins. Great results, except in certain strings of > the high treble. Other than there, the piano sounds > great. I don't see anything different about these > strings or the bridge from other strings, but I > think I need to fix if possible. For example, B6 > center string has a beat of about 2 bps. Not as > loud as a real beat between two strings, but still > THERE. Some higher strings beat faster. > > I have experimented with seating the strings with > my copper rod, at each bridge pin. Also tried > tapping each bridge pin in a small bit. Doesnt seem > to help, except in certain strings. I did lightly > sand and buff the v-bar before restringing, and > think I have the right adjustment on the pressure > bar. I've been reading the archives and the PTG CD > articles re false beats, but the number of "hits" > for this search term is overwhelming. > > Can anyone offer me advice on what to do next to > reduce the false beats, short of unstringing and > recapping bridge, etc? I would appreciate your > help! > > Frustrated in Florida, > > Dave Smith > SW FL > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
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