<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1> <STYLE></STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1543" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=MailContainerBody style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 15px; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 name="Compose message area" CanvasTabStop="true" acc_role="text"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi Stephen,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Quick, thin CA will be your friend,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Adjust, then put a drop at the base of each capstan. Do not flood like treating tuning pins or you could  bend your capstan tool the next time you attempt to regulate.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Using epoxy would probibly set the regulation for the rest f the keys life.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Please add a subject line os that the archive``s to this subject---------</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></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=sandstromsw@hotmail.com href="mailto:sandstromsw@hotmail.com">Steven Sandstrom</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 08, 2007 7:15 AM</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>   I have an old Steinway O that has been rebuilt about 15 years ago. The capstans are loose on the old keys. All of them turn by hand and a few work down just from playing the piano. It only takes a couple of days of playing. This is a piano that is at a small college that I take care of. Its in a practice room. Is there any way to tighten these quickly? I wondered about CA glue? Epoxy? Would it be better to plug and drill new holes? This is a piano that I don't want to spend any more time on then I have to. </DIV> <DIV> This school has only rebuilt Steinways. I keep trying to talk them into buying a new one now and then but the teacher only like old ones. Do those of you who do a lot of rebuilding replace the keyboards too? Or is this something that is only done when needed? I wish most of these pianos at the school would have had new keyboards. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Thanks,  Steve Sandtrom </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>