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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Dave,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>How much CA did you use? It's
about $10 for 2 oz., (and as I wrote earlier, I'd rarely use that much for an
entire block) not real expensive in my book, if it can keep an instrument
tunable till a rebuild is possible (or the piano is junked for other
reasons). </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Admittedly, not a pleasant
experience, yours. I've never had it happen to me, but I can see that it
wouldn't be a nice introduction. Definitely hard to know everything
beforehand. I don't know how you'd diagnose that type of separation.
And, even if you managed to get it level, if it's separated, the CA will
typically run along the first seam it hits, so probably still wouldn't have
gotten in the block.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Oh, well. If the same thing
happened to me, it would not make me less likely to try again. I think
yours is the exception, Dave.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Best,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>William R. Monroe</FONT></DIV>
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I CA'd a grand pinblock yesterday, and it did tighten up the pins, but I
don't think all that </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=016554807-08112006><FONT
face=Arial>much CA got down the tuning pin holes. There was a
gap between the bottom of the plate and the top of the block, and
the top surface was downhill toward the belly rail, so a good deal
of my CA ran toward the back edge of the pinblock and dripped down onto the
newspapers I had on the keybed. What a waste! The stuff ain't
cheap. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial>But how could I have known in advance that the top of the
pinblock wasn't level? The top of the plate surrounding the tuning pins
seemed level. If I had known, I would've jacked up the rear leg a
bit. But how far? If the plate above the pinblock isn't precisely
a uniform thickness, you can't be sure. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=016554807-08112006> Now I'm reluctant to CA
again if there appears to be a noticeable gap </SPAN><SPAN
class=016554807-08112006>between the plate and block (I suppose there's always
some), for fear the CA will just run all over the top of the pinblock and not
get down the holes.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=016554807-08112006> --David Nereson,
RPT</SPAN></DIV>
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