<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PostalCode"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> Your Welcome! <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Blessings,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Dean<o:p></o:p> <u1:PersonName u2:st="on">Dean May</u1:PersonName>             cell 812.239.3359 <o:p></o:p> PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272 <o:p></o:p> <u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:City u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Terre Haute</st1:City></u1:City> <u1:State u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">IN</u1:State></st1:State>  <u1:PostalCode u2:st="on"><st1:PostalCode w:st="on">47802</u1:PostalCode></st1:PostalCode></st1:place></u1:place><o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of paul bruesch Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 4:10 PM To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Pianotech List</st1:PersonName> Subject: Resurrection<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> A big thank you to this list... I've been monitoring for a month or two now and have noticed several posts about using CA glue to tighten a loose pinblock. I had opportunity to use Dean May's procedure (from a post a few years back) today and it worked fabulously!  One caution that I will follow in the future, however, is to have a fan behind me to blow the very unpleasant fumes away. Ideally I'll wait for warmer weather so I'll be able to vent to the outside. When I arrived, the proud new owner of the piano pointed out one non-functioning key (along with numerous badly out of tune ones.) Looking at the front of the action and peering into it from the front (without a flashlight) I couldn't see anything. Pulled the action and immediately discovered the problem. The CANDLE WAX visible in the attached photo was only about 1/4 of what was gumming up the works. Fortunately, it all came out in big clumps. Apparently a careless previous owner burned a candle on top of the piano, exactly on the center hinge joint, and left the house. Maybe s/he was trying/hoping to arson the place... I dunno. Double pitch raise (150c - 250c) and a fine tuning (and only two broken strings) later, owner was quite happy.  It's still not a piano I'd want in my house, but it was kinda cool to bring it around. Without the CA procedure, I don't think I'd have been able to accomplish this. Thank you List, thank you Dean!  (I'm on my customer's Dean's List now!) Paul<o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>