<WBR>Before going to the trouble of turning the piano upside down, why don't you remove the action, shore up the bottom of the pin block with a piece of plywood, remove the pin, and put a little CA glue in the hole. Then pound the pin back in. When you use the plywood, put a piece of felt and a piece of wax paper between the plywood and the pinblock. The felt will make for a snug fit, and only the wax paper will be stuck to the bottom of the pinblock. <br> <br> <div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br> Piano Tuner/Technician<br> Honolulu, HI<br> Author of <br> The Business of Piano Tuning<br> available from Potter Press<br> www.pianotuning.com</div> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Jim Johnson <jhjpiano@sbcglobal.net><br> To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 4:50 am<br> Subject: C/A glue question<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_0_ac9a6eba-39f5-4be9-8723-006b6656f3d6 style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: #000; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff">I recently tried to treat a grand pinblock with C/A glue and very little of the glue penetrated past the plate bushings. Needless to say, I didn't get the usually expected result. Has anyone tried turning a grand upside down and treating the pin block from the bottom? The pin holes come out the bottom so there would be a well into which the C/A glue could be applied. I'm not sure I want to be the first to try it, but If I don't get a response, I probably will be. The customer (a piano teacher of course) can't afford a new pinblock and is just a few years from retirement anyway. <br>  <br> Thanks, <br> James H. Johnson, RPT <br>  <br> </div> <div class="AOLPromoFooter"> <hr style="margin-top:10px;" /> Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free <a href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/index.htm?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000970" target="_blank">AOL Mail</a>!<br/> </div>