[pianotech] help please

[John Formsma]

I'll third it.

-- 
John Formsma, RPT
Blue Mountain, MS


On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Alan Eder <reggaepass at aol.com> wrote:

>
> As a last ditch effort, pull the pin, squirt a few drops directly into the
> hole, reinsert pin. I've never had that not work.
>
> I'll second that.
>
>  Alan Eder
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dean May <deanmay at pianorebuilders.com>
> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Fri, Nov 11, 2011 2:46 am
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] help please
>
>  I've encountered pianos where previous tech did not apply enough CA, but
> only sealed the top of the bushing. I can see drilling might be beneficial
> in such a case.
>
> Usually just the standard application will work wonders, and if there are
> still issues, it is only a handful of pins. Save the heroic efforts for the
> handful.
>
> As a last ditch effort, pull the pin, squirt a few drops directly into the
> hole, reinsert pin. I've never had that not work.
>
> Dean
>
> Dean W May (812) 235-5272 voice and text
>
> PianoRebuilders.com (888) DEAN-MAY
>
> Terre Haute IN 47802
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org <pianotech-bounces at ptg.org?>] On Behalf
> Of David Love
> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 10:12 AM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] help please
>
> Drilling the holes is probably unnecessary and may even be
> counterproductive.  There is certainly enough of a gap between the plate
> bushings and the pin to allow a thin viscosity CA glue to penetrate down to
> the block and spread around the base of the pin.  Drilling a hole is not
> only not necessary but might actually disrupt the natural flow of the CA
> around the base of the pin depending on where it is that the hole actually
> penetrates through the bottom of the bushing.  Just lay the piano on its
> back and forget the holes that you've just spent  all that time drilling and
> with a fine needle applicator apply the CA toward the back of the pin where
> there is most likely the largest gap.  Because some pooling might occur I'd
> let the piano sit overnight or at least for a couple of hours before
> standing it back up.
>
> David Lovewww.davidlovepianos.com
>
>
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