<br><br> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:17:36, <b class="gmail_sendername">Don</b> <<a href="mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca">pianotuna@accesscomm.ca</a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi Mike,<br><br>While you are doing your searches look for "ca glue" and "pin block".<br> Driving pins is *the old way*.<br><br>At 12:13 AM 9/26/2007 -0500, you wrote:<br>><br>>If your tuning pins are loose and you have the room, you might want to drive<br>>them. I'm not positive but I'm pretty sure that's a Delignet block in that <br>>piano, Samick used them a lot back then. I don't believe the Delignet blocks<br>>respond to humidifiers as well as other type blocks but that's just what<br>I've<br>>been told, I have no personal experience to that effect. Not that a Dampp- <br>>Chaser wouldn't help, just if the pins are that loose perhaps driving might<br>>help more. The D-C would help with sounding board, action, etc.<br><br><br>>Release Date: 9/24/2007 11:27 AM<br>Regards,<br> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.<br>Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat<br><br>mailto:<a href="mailto:pianotuna@yahoo.com">pianotuna@yahoo.com</a>      <a href="http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/">http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ </a><br><br>3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7<br>306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner<br></blockquote></div> <div>No Don,<br>I unlike many on this site do not see the need to constantly use CA whenever something is loose, rattles or buzzes.</div> <div> </div> <div>In this particular case, firstly the piano isn't all that old, secondly based on the one I've seen the pins weren't driven in far enough in the first place, Third if they are considering a Dampp-Chaser(obviously to help humidify the pinblock and tighten the pins)CA wouldn't be my 1st choice since it doesn't do well in a dry climate. Fourth I wouldn't ruin a perfectly good block by using CA as a stopgap method in a piano this new, I would recommend re-stringing with oversize saving the church the cost of a new block. No it isn't the greatest piano ever made but to ruin the block with CA because the tech has no foresight is negligent! </div> <div>In other words Don I THINK before I suggest about what would be the best course of action if I were the technician and it were MY customer!!!!</div> <div> </div> <div>Perhaps you need to turn your PTG card over and read what's printed on the back!</div> <div> </div> <div>I have used CA on pinblocks, old uprights, wurlitzer spinets, a couple of no-name grands and the like, I pick and choose, I don't just dump it in anywhwere!</div> <div><br clear="all">Mike<br>-- <br>A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.<br><br>Michael Magness<br>Magness Piano Service<br>608-786-4404<br><a href="http://www.IFixPianos.com"> www.IFixPianos.com</a><br>email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</a> </div>