On 2/14/2011 6:10 PM, Susan Kline wrote: > > If I might suggest something? > > Rarely are all 228 tuning pins too loose. 150 at least. > > Why not drill and CA glue only the areas which are bad? It's not like > no one > would ever be able to do some of the others later, should they need > it. Nor > does the job require a whole lot of gear. One drill with bit, an > extension > cord, and one small bottle of CA glue ... and a vacuum for the wood chips, and removing / protecting the action ... > > Why not do it piecemeal? Are you dedicated to the idea of always doing > THE WHOLE THING because of love of CA fumes? You can't reach the proper > concentration for pickling your liver treating only the bad areas of > the block? > Or maybe you just like to spend hours and hours on a job like this? Good grief! I guess there's more of the back story that you need to know here. This is a performance piano, it gets tuned frequently, but not by me. Their regular tuner is a skilled "full service" technician who chooses not to get involved in CA juicing, and calls me instead. I don't have the luxury of knowing ahead of time which pins are too loose, and which ones are acceptable. So I do them all. My respirator prevents liver pickling. I find that setting up, and cleaning up afterward take about half the total time, so juicing fewer pins wouldn't reduce my time very much. I've read your previous posts about piecemeal treating during tuning, a couple of drops so the action doesn't have to be removed. It's been effective for me on many pianos, and I happily give you credit, and thanks, for sharing. But it doesn't work for us in this situation. EMDV (everyone's mileage does vary) Mike > > > Get the bad ones, and maybe a few neighbors of bad ones; you might not > need > to do more for a decade or longer. > > Susan Kline >
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