This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Perhaps even more likely than CA (or whatever) wicking through the = tuning pin hole to the bottom of the pinblock is the possibility of CA = pooling on top of the pinblock and running forward or backward and over = the edge of the pinblock to whatever lies below - be it old newspaper on = the keybed or an action. Better the former than the latter. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Clyde Hollinger=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 6:50 AM Subject: Re: Pull the action of a grand to dope? Julie,=20 I think it's the safest thing to do, but I haven't always done it.=20 You want to avoid the possibility of the CA (if that is what you would = use) running the whole way down through the pinblock and dripping onto = the keys and gluing things together. I have already just removed the = fallboard and covered everything under the pinblock with a couple layers = of newspaper. That probably takes as long as just pulling out the = action, but sometimes you have to work in tight spaces where pulling the = action is awkward at best.=20 When you're done, it wouldn't hurt to check the underside of the = pinblock before removing the paper, just to make sure are no droplets of = CA just hanging there, waiting to cause chaos after you think you're in = the clear.=20 Regards,=20 Clyde=20 Alpha88x@aol.com wrote:=20 Greetings,=20 Does one pull the action out of a grand piano in order = to dope? If so, why?=20 Thanx,=20 Julie,=20 Reading, Pa ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/45/35/23/a4/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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