<br><br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Jonathan Best <<a href="mailto:jb@bubblemusic.com">jb@bubblemusic.com</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word">I'm new to this list and I'm not sure if I sent this before I was actually signed up.  So I hope I'm not repeating myself.  Has anybody had any experience using CA glue on pin blocks and subsequently restringing?  How do the pins feel after a treatment?  Do they jump? How long does it last? And if they do start losing their hold after a few years, or if the job turns out to be one of the 10% that doesn't work, can one still go back to simply restringing? <div><br></div> <div>Thanks</div> <div><br></div> <div>Jonathan Best</div> <div>Prescott, AZ<br><font color="#888888"><br> <div><span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate"><span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate"> <div> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word"> <div>Jonathan Best</div> <div><a href="mailto:jb@bubblemusic.com" target="_blank">jb@bubblemusic.com</a></div> <div>928-830-4887</div> <div><a href="http://www.bubblemusic.com/" target="_blank">www.bubblemusic.com</a></div></div></div> <div><br></div></span><br></span><br></div><br></font></div></div></blockquote></div> <div> </div> <div>Hi Jonathan,</div> <div> </div> <div>I'm not certain what happened to the piano Alicia describes since we don't have a first-hand report from the person who did the application.</div> <div>I would agree with Don, I have never tried nor heard of anyone restringing a piano that had been treated with CA without replacing the pinblock.</div> <div> </div> <div>I can ascertain that until about 8 or 10 years ago I had not used CA on a pinblock but had only used Pin-Tite since I have begun using CA the bottle of Pin-Tite I had purchased has been sitting still unopened on the shelf. Being careful to offer humidity where there may be very little or none available when applying CA is a must for a positive result.</div> <div>IMHO waiting overnight to tune the piano also gives a better result as the CA has a full 12 hours or more to cure, I have seen those on this list that tune within an hour of application, which is their choice. I prefer to give the application plenty of time to cure and for the fumes to evaporate before I'm trapped next to it for a tuning! <G></div> <div> </div> <div>Mike <br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. <br>Vince Lombardi<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>