Newish D with issues -- Dale

[Andrew and Rebeca Anderson]

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Hear, hear.
Having used CA for other things, I can second this.  CA is 
brittle.  Ultra thin will wick down when you don't have time/budget 
for the "proper" fix.  But if you're going to pull the pin, by all 
means use epoxy.

Andrew

At 12:50 PM 8/5/2005, you wrote:
>If you are going to pull the pin, I would recommend putting 
>unthickened epoxy down the hole - it's no more difficult than CA, 
>and I can only assume the epoxy will provide more benefit - although 
>I have not made any comparison test between the two. I have epoxied 
>many a pin in place. I routinely use epoxy (West System) in every 
>pin hole on a new bridge also.
>
>Terry Farrell
>What do you think of slacking off a warbler treble string, pulling 
>out the pin if it's willing to come, and putting the CA into the 
>hole -- versus just putting a drop at the bass of the pin without 
>changing the wire? Any benefits to getting more CA into the bridge? 
>Worth the time and tuning stability expended?
>
>I did this once on a few notes of (an unnamed but fairly new) grand 
>with tuning stability issues, and found that when I put CA glue down 
>one hole and put the bridge pin back in, CA spurted out of a 
>neighboring hole. Obviously, there can be cracks down there ...
>
>Susan
>
>At 01:22 AM 8/5/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>>   Susan
>>     yes & Perhaps  wee bit more craftsmanship at the factory.  The 
>> list of complaints seems to be getting longer
>>   Dale
>>At 01:07 PM 8/4/2005 -0500, Andrew wrote:
>> >A number of single strings in the high treble were warbling.  Tried gentle
>> >seating of strings and pins to very little effect.
>>
>>
>>Possibly putting a drop of CA glue at the base of the front bridge pins?
>>For warblers, that is.
>>
>>


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