----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net> >> I realize there are many forces acting on the bridge cap - I guess I was >> just suggesting that the CA applied to a finished piano would not likely >> have the benefits of epoxy applied as part of the pinning process. > > It sure helped a relatively new vertical a couple of months ago. Cleaned > up the top half of the scale quite a bit. I wonder if those pins were loose at all. I know the wicking action of thin CA is amazing, maybe there was enough looseness to allow CA to help - well, obviously! >>I wonder also if you'd find much wicking down the pin into the cap if you >>had a real tight fit. Wouldn't you risk making a bit of a mess on a new >>piano? >> >> Terry Farrell > > Thin CA doesn't seem to have anything like the surface tension of water. > I've piled it on around bridge pins and don't remember ever having the > initial application not soak in 100%. The second pass is the one that > might not go in, especially if you wait too long after the first. I have never CA'd a bridge pin. I've been afraid of making a mess of the bridge. Maybe I need to find a low-risk situation and give it a whirl. Thanks for sharing your experience. > If manufacturers would just use better capping material in the first > place, this wouldn't come up. But you already knew that from experience. > Ron N Yup! Terry Farrell
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