CA wake up for me.

[gordon stelter]

Did you treat this one from topside, or underside of
block?
     Gordon 
--- Richard Snelson <rsnelson0984@mchsi.com> wrote:
> Alan,
> Treated several loose pins in a grand in the middle
> of last summer.  They
> tightened up very nicely. Winter came and it was
> very dry in my shop. One
> pin came loose so fast it pushed the string off the
> bridge and off the hitch
> pin.
> Doing the CA treatment in the winter while it is dry
> might be the best bet
> for "very, very loose" pins. I've used CA for four
> years on many loose pins,
> and have had good luck. Most pins were marginal and
> not as above. Headed
> past St. James tomorrow for Branson, "Alison Krauss"
> show and bass fishing
> on Table Rock. We will stop at the "Snelson
> Historical Cabin" on Route 8
> Steelville on the way back. Built by my Great Great
> Grandfather in 1834.
> Rich
> 
> Richard Snelson
> rsnelson0984@mchsi.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alan" <tune4u@earthlink.net>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 9:58 PM
> Subject: CA & Motivation was A nice thank you from a
> customer
> 
> 
> > It does help, doesn't it!
> >
> > I have some wonderful clients who live way out in
> the country, 6 kids,
> > homeschool, really nice people. Anyway, they are
> Christian marriage,
> > sex, and life counselors and have published a
> really fine book (I'll
> > post the website address here in case anyone wants
> to peek at the book
> > and pictures of these folks
> http://www.christian-living.com/).
> >
> > When they were first married, they found an Otto
> Grau miniature piano
> > (serial 160659, age ???, about 4'6" tall, notes
> from C2 to C7). It has
> > sentimental value to them but the pinblock was
> shot, shot, shot. I had
> > been shimmining individual pins, a few of the
> worst ones remaining on
> > each tuning, but the other day I laid the piano
> down and poured about 6
> > oz of CA into that puppy. There are communicating
> cracks between pins
> > because I could "dope" about a dozen at a
> time--pour it in one hole and
> > watch it fill up all the surrounding ones.
> >
> > I didn't have the greatest hope. Anyway, let it
> dry overnight and now
> > measure about 60 in. lbs. in those pins! In tuning
> it, I was VERY
> > careful to tune down slightly before pulling up to
> pitch--you have to
> > break any glue-slop off those coils or the stings
> will go, DAMHIK. Some
> > of those pins (including, natch, the ones I'd
> shimmed) were so tight I
> > could barely move them.
> >
> > Because of this and several other experiences, I
> have become a BIG
> > believer in the CA treatment. I don't enjoy doing
> it, however, what with
> > the vapors and the fact that I can't seem to
> complete any job without
> > gluing some part of my anatomy to a tool or the
> piano! Ha.
> >
> > Anyway, when I finished the job, they paid me a
> $25 bonus over my bill
> > and gave me a copy of their book with this
> inscription: "Thanks for
> > sharing your gift with us and helping us restore a
> piece of our history
> > though our little piano. We appreciate you! May
> God continue to richly
> > bless you ... " etc.
> >
> > Nice. One of these goes a long way to make life
> seem worthwhile, does it
> > not?
> >
> > Alan R. Barnard
> > Salem, MO
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hechler Family
> [mailto:dahechler@charter.net]
> > Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 10:38 PM
> > To: pianotech
> > Subject: A nice thank you from a customer
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: [DISCUSS] Thank You
> > Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 16:39:13 -0500
> > From: Bill Bronson <gusukube@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
> > Reply-To: discuss@sluug.org
> > To: <discuss@sluug.org>
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Duane,
> >     I had a concert pianist stop by to visit, and
> he greatly
> > complimented the tuning job you did on my Cable
> piano. That instrument
> > has never sounded better, and continues to draw
> compliments from people
> > who are better equipped than me to make that
> judgment. Thanks again for
> > your fine work.
> >
> > Bill Bronson
> >
> > -- 
> > Duaine Hechler
> > Piano, Player Piano, Organ, Pump Organ
> > Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding
> > Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild
> > Reed Organ Society Member
> > St. Louis, MO 63034
> > (314) 838-5587
> > dahechler@charter.net
> >
> >
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