CA in a hurry

[gordon stelter]

If possible ( holes all the way through block ) turn
the piano upside-down ( after tuning ) and CA from
inside the action cavity ( with action removed, of
course! ). The right the poiano and retune, checking
for aditional looseness. Then CA from above where
needed ( action removed, of course! ) In all case
prepare for run-through of the CA with tarps and keep
the piano up on padded boards with plastic over them
when upside down so that it does glue the piano to the
boards, floor, etc.. Can be a  mess, but sometimes all
a customer can afford. 
    Around here, where money is tight, I charge 4350
for an inverted CAing and 2 tunings. ( IF the
customer's family helps tip the piano! ) 
     More for extra applications and tunings.
    Thump

P.S. Wear maks, goggles, gloves, warn the customer
that the house will stinka  while. Vinyl gloves are
less likely to glue together instantly if CA on them
than latex.

--- Jenneetah <yardbird@vermontel.net> wrote:

> At 1:42 PM -0600 11/16/04, Barbara Richmond wrote:
> >So, I was wondering if I removed those few spinning
> pins and 
> >carefully applied the CA, would I get more holding
> power?  How long 
> >should I wait before re-inserting the pins?
> 
> You didn't mention whether the tuning pins had been
> driven already. 
> That's my first remedy. If you've got an 1/8" below
> the string where 
> it leaves the coil and the plate, make that 0" (plus
> a smidge) and 
> the other end of the tuning pin will be 1/8" into a
> part of the 
> tuning pin hole which has never done any work
> before. It requires 
> blocking up under the pinblock, a carpenter's hammer
> and tuning pin 
> setting tool ( a small handle stuck into a head with
> a spring-loaded 
> punch to hold onto the pins so they don't jump too
> badly when hit), 
> plus a significant rough tuning.
> 
> I've never used sandpaper to shim with, figuring
> that after a while, 
> under the pressure the paper backing will
> disintegrate and then 
> you're left with a hole lined with Alox or garnet
> particles of 
> whatever size (80 grit? 100, 150?) free to move and
> function as a 
> lapping compound. Gross Encounters of the Loose
> Kind.
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