CA wake up for me.

[Richard Snelson]

Treated it from the top. 
Richard Snelson
rsnelson0984@mchsi.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: CA wake up for me. 


> 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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