Chuck: The first time I tried the CA trick on loose pins, it did not work. I used glue purchased in small tubes from the local orange box store (HD). Later, I went to a convention and spoke to a vendor selling Dryburgh adhesives and told him I couldn't get the CA glue to work for me. He asked me, "Did you use THIS?" (pointing to his glue bottle). I told him no. He said to try his glue. I purchased a bottle from him. It was much thinner than what I had been using. I had even tried turning the piano upside down, and it still didn't work. Since I began using the very thin CA glue, it has worked well every time. FWIW. Paul McCloud San Diego > [Original Message] > From: Don <pianotuna at accesscomm.ca> > To: <pianotech at ptg.org> > Date: 04/12/2009 11:05:03 AM > Subject: Re: [pianotech] To Restore of not to restore - LocTite > > Hi John, > > No, you did the right thing. The client can still go for a new pin block > after a CA glue treatment--if it fails (in my experience it never does). > > I think Chuck has been using too little glue and not allowing it to sit > long enough to penetrate deeply into the block. > > At 02:43 PM 4/12/2009 -0300, you wrote: > >Question. Did I do wrong by > >offering this option, and thereby taking away another techs work? I had > >been called to tune the piano, and was told that it wouldn't hold it's > >tune. I then suggested the C/A treatment. It was then, that I was told of > >the previous quote of 7K. John Ross > Regards, > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. > Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat > > mailto:pianotuna at yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ > > 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 > 306-539-0716 >
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