[pianotech] bang spoons at bears

[William Monroe]

Well of course I took the action out!  What kind of fool doesn't?  [?]

I think I learned that on one of my first CA jobs.

William (the conquerer) R. Monroe

I think I need to invest in a holocaust cloak or something.  Maybe those who
carry flame suits might extend their lines to include these?

It's too early.  Where's my coffee?




On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:16 PM, James Johnson <jhjpiano at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> William,
>
> At least you thought to take the action out of the piano before you treated
> the pin block.  Don't ask .  By the way, how do you free up a hammer shank
> flange when it is full of hardened CA glue?
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth Phillips" <ruth at alliedpiano.com>
> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 4:12 PM
> Subject: [pianotech] bang spoons at bears
>
>
>
>  OK, first time reading the digest in a couple of weeks
>> so excuse me if I'm behind, but....
>> Write while laughing!!!  What a classic.  And who among
>> us cannot say - been there, in one form or another...
>> like the time I glued myself to an ivory with nobody home
>> and the solvent in trunk of car...
>> Bill, you're great.
>> Ruth
>> Ruth Phillips
>> ruth at alliedpiano.com
>>
>>
>>
>>  Oh my, were you close..........
>>>
>>
>>  The more like tissue your cloth is, the greater the possibility of
>>>
>> combustion.  Really.  Time to come clean.  I used a lot of thin CA on a
>> REALLY loose pinblock once (yes, I've only done it THIS way, once).  Note
>> to
>> self: use less CA in the future - less is more.  Then, some of the glue
>> very
>> quickly went right through the block and started dripping on the keybed.
>> Note to self: protecting the keybed might be an intelligent step the next
>> time I try and make lake CA on top of a Pinblock.  I panicked, grabbed the
>> closest thing that seemed reasonable at the time (key phrase there) and
>> wadded up a kleenex to start dabbing at the drips coming through the
>> block.
>> .............wait for it.............  About 5 seconds into this first
>> fiasco, my kleenex burst into flames.  Really.  Egads, can't have that.
>> Dropped the kleenex onto the keybed and started using the next most
>> reasonably available thing to put out the fire - my tuning hammer.  Seemed
>> reasonable at the time.  Amazing what your mind can convince you is
>> reasonable when panicked.  I once tried to scare away a black bear by
>> "banging" two spoons together - but, I digress.
>>
>> At any rate, careful what medium you choose to do this fix.  Glad your
>> story
>> was less exciting than mine, John.
>>
>> William R. Monroe
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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