<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Kimball Spinet? I would hesitate to use CA. Works great every time. If they wont hold at all, apply and come back the next day or two to touch them up. If you can get them to hold until you apply. One trip fix.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Al Guecia</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=toddpianoworks@yahoo.com href="mailto:toddpianoworks@yahoo.com">Matthew Todd</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 21, 2008 1:41 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Kimball Spinet Issue</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I tuned a Kimball Spinet this morning (s/n A12066).  The overall tuning pin torque was between 30-50 inch lbs.  That is for a very marginal tuning at best.  However, the left pin of C-40 and the right/left pin of C#-41 was less than 30 inch lbs.  I mean literally the pins would take off without applying but a fraction of pressure on the hammer.  What would be the best fix for those three pins?  I know, the entire piano could use something, but with those three pins in particular what would be a good solution?  I was able to stable the tuning throughout the piano with what I had to work with, but with those pins it'll be impossible to hold it without some fix.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thank you</DIV> <DIV>Matthew</DIV> <P> <HR SIZE=1> Never miss a thing. <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51438/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs">Make Yahoo your homepage.</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>