Lesson learned.....

[Joe And Penny Goss]

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Hi Dean,
The hardest decision to make is wether to right the piano right away or =
leave it over night.
A clue, is how much glue is being taken in in each pin hole.=20
A welling up and slight pooling tells me that the piano does not need =
bed rest for a day.=20
Any pin or area that seems to not pool up is a warning not
to resurect the piano. Also if the piano has no string braid, it is best =
to leave the piano prone.
Unless you use the kicker.
Be sure to have a small picking tool to clean out the glue under the =
string against the termination point. The dampers will give you a clue =
as to which ones need to be cleaned.
Joe Goss RPT
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Dean May=20
  To: 'Pianotech'=20
  Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 8:51 AM
  Subject: RE: Lesson learned.....


  OOOOPS!=20

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  If you are at all worried about there being excess CA glue, just give =
a light misting of accelerator over the pins and wait a minute before =
tipping the piano back up.=20

  =20

  Dean

  Dean May             cell 812.239.3359

  PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272

  Terre Haute IN  47802

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  -----Original Message-----
  From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On =
Behalf Of Mike Kurta
  Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 6:59 PM
  To: Pianotech; Rodney Gorzka; Paul Simkin; Paul Kupelian; Nick Smith; =
Mike Kurta; Michelle Stranges; Loren Miller; Ken Williams; John =
Harrington; Joel Levine; Joe Karwacki; Gary Sylvester; Fred Scoles; Ed =
Mastin; Bob Lee; Art Smith; Al Grenning; Tom Moonan
  Subject: Lesson learned.....

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      I made a boo-boo today and I'm posting this so no one else should =
make the same mistake.=20

      1.  Tilted a small spinet on its back for CA glue application to =
the loose pins.

       2.  Applied CA without incident.  A second application followed =
as most were soaked up by the pin bushings. =20

      3.  Righted piano and began tuning, here's where it gets good.....

      4.  Found several dampers frozen to strings, and several strings =
sound dead with no sustain.

      5.  Finally realize that not all the CA was absorbed into the =
pinblock, but enough stayed on the surface to run down the strings when =
I tilted the piano back up to normal, coating the strings and soaking =
into the dampers.

      6.  Going back Monday to fix it.   The lesson here:  Check to see =
how much liquid is still sitting on the plate before uprighting the =
piano.

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      DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU !!

      Mike Kurta

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