<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Ron and List</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Though you didn't answer the query = about "why do you use accelerator" do I understand that glycerine is aka = accelerator?  The pins can only be driven in "so" much, so to use both methods would, = in UK, be totally unacceptable, yet it underlines your comment of extreme dry conditions in Arid-zona! :-) With uprights one common anti-drying out = system in the UK is simply to put a large ex-ice cream tub in the bottom of the = piano, filled with water up to a previously drawn line, then monitor that level = over a period of time. This is a "hands on" for the owner and an opportunity to = get said owner involved in the maintenance of there prized posession! = Obviously the knee board is kept in place!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tell me - how is the glycerine deployed?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards from a dark Eurovision Song = Contest noisy Sussex Village (currently being broadcast on T/v)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G.(UK)</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=rlshiflet@cableone.net = href="mailto:rlshiflet@cableone.net">Ron & Lorene Shiflet</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk href="mailto:michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk">Michael Gamble</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 21, 2005 = 6:54 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: accelerator</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Hi Mike,</DIV> <DIV>  I use a lot of CA glue here in Arizona, primarily for pin tightening but also for broken parts.  For pin tightening, I = use a combination of driving the pins in and C/A glue.  I have had = excellent results.  I think the CA glue seeps in further than = glycerin.</DIV> <DIV>    Arizona is notoriously dry.  I have = never seen pin tightener work here.  It's my understanding that = Glycerin attracts moisture.  Since we typically have less than 5% = humidity, there simply isn't enough moisture to attract.  I do have many = technician friends in other locations with humidity that love glycerin.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ron</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk href="mailto:michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk">Michael Gamble</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=rlshiflet@cableone.net href="mailto:rlshiflet@cableone.net">Ron & Lorene Shiflet</A> = ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 20, 2005 = 11:33 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: = accelerator</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Ron and List</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please tell me when and for what = reason you use the accelerator? I don't use it on wrest pin CA sessions - should I? = I thought the accelerator was only for sticking things together with.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards from an over-cast Saturday = Sussex morning - in the Village</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G.(UK)</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- = </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=rlshiflet@cableone.net = href="mailto:rlshiflet@cableone.net">Ron & Lorene Shiflet</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Piano-Tech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 21, = 2005 1:18 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> accelerator</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Does anyone know what the main ingredient is in C/A glue accelerator.  I keep running out and I end up cleaning out my = supplier too.  I was wondering if there was something I could = just buy at the hardware store that would do the trick?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>thanks</DIV> = <DIV>Ron</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>