Hi Mike. Didnt mean to convey an unfriendly attitude. That said... I understand very well your feelings on that count... but lets leave that aside and assume we are good buds just chewing the communal fat for the moment... because that is whats in my mind at all times regardless of how some may feel it comes out. As I dont think we need to go over the string seating parts of this thread again because we have made our thoughts clear. One thing tho.. the procedure you describe is indeed as old as the hills... and very very widespread. It is only more recently that many have become sceptical... and some very inquisitive and good thinking has been brought to bear on the matter. At least IMHO. The CA thing... I dont see anyone talking about spraying CA every where. I see it suggested in really two concrete situations often... loose tuning pins (where I personally believe it has a marginal affect)... and for bridge pins...where clearly the addition of CA, or epoxy for that matter has a very positive effect in clearing up classic false beats. I would of course agree entirely with you in being skeptical to any unconsidered or indiscriminant use of CA. Cheers.... and I for one welcome your thoughts... even if I am bound to not agree with all of them. RicB ---------------- I'm sorry Ric but you didn't inform me of anything I wasn't already aware of nor did you add to the discussion so much as confuse it. So I reiterate don't try it just knock it. When I started in this business using an ETD was not only frowned on it was considered to be wrong! I guess if enough people do the wrong thing it becomes right, is that how it works? I'm still trying to make sense out of this whole PTG system of jumping all over someone who advances an idea or technique and declaring it to be a fool's errand due to the reader's misunderstanding of the technique. I read every week about someone or other spraying CA all over some piano and getting pats on the back for it, what I learned was to do nothing that the next tech could not redo, which does not include spraying CA everywhere. When did that become a tried & true technique and who decided it? I ask this question only because I want to know, since so many have rejected the technique I put forth, how many have tried it? I have been asking that all day, all I get back is surly replies, supposition and guesses. In my chapter if we are going to test something we actually do it, we don't just guess at the results!! My chapter is a part of the PTG, the same one you all belong to, I'd like to thank you for your support or for some of you trying it but I can't because there has been none of either. So I can only thank you all for nothing except your extreme closed mindedness! Mike
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