Thanks for this, Dean. <div><br> </div> <div>Should I take it from what you wrote that I should not expect those pins with low torque now to become too loose anytime in the near future?<br> <div><br> </div> <div>Alan Eder<br> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Dean May <deanmay@pianorebuilders.com><br> To: 'Pianotech List' <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 3:02 pm<br> Subject: RE: CA Glue for pin blocks<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_1e4ca60a-ac76-48ad-8735-54bd3ce9436e"> <div class="Section1"> <div class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">A quality soft block like Bolduc will tolerate a lower torque pin and still give adequate holding power to maintain the tension. If they don’t slip I wouldn’t mess with them. Just be thankful for a pin that is extremely easy to set. </span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"> </span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Contact the rebuilder as per the other suggestion and find out what he wants to do. </span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"> </span></font></div> <div> <div class="MsoAutoSig"><b><font size="6" color="navy" face="Bradley Hand ITC"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:navy;font-weight: bold">Dean</span></font></b><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"></span></font></div> <div class="MsoAutoSig" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:navy">Dean May cell 812.239.3359 </span></font></div> <div class="MsoAutoSig" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:navy">PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 </span></font></div> <div class="MsoAutoSig" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:navy">Terre Haute</span></font><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"> IN 47802</span></font><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"></span></font></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"> </span></font></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <hr size="2" width="100%" align="center"> </span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> <a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org?">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b><a href="mailto:reggaepass@aol.com">reggaepass@aol.com</a><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, June 03, 2008 4:33 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: CA Glue for pin blocks</span></font></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt"> </span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">A matter related to this thread: I have a client with a recently rebuilt piano, including a new (Bolduc) pinblock. The torque is acceptable on many/most of the tuning pins, but is too low on several. The low-torque pins are not so loose as to not hold (at least, not yet), but make it harder to tune accurately and, especially, to get into a good groove as one moves along from string to string. </span></font></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt"> </span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">So the question is: Should I use CA on the looser pins, even though this is an otherwise healthy, new block (I'm guessing some drilling discrepancies are the culprit), or would CA now present problems when we restring again (on this same block) down the road? And, if I should NOT CA it, what then?</span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt"> </span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">Thanks,</span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt"> </span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">Alan Eder<br> <br> <br> <br> </span></font></div> </div> <div id="u8CA93D0333E35A2-E10-1330"> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:7.5pt;text-align:center"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black"> <hr size="2" width="100%" align="center"> </span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Stay informed, get connected and more <a target="_blank" href="http://mobile.aol.com/productOverview.jsp?productOverview=aol-mobile-overview&?&ncid=aolmbd00030000000139" title="http://mobile.aol.com/productOverview.jsp?productOverview=aol-mobile-overview&?&ncid=aolmbd00030000000139">with AOL on your phone</a>.</span></font> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div> </div> <div id='u8CA93DEF1019EF4-14E8-5AE0' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Stay informed, get connected and more <A title="http://mobile.aol.com/productOverview.jsp?productOverview=aol-mobile-overview&?&ncid=aolmbd00030000000139" href="http://mobile.aol.com/productOverview.jsp?productOverview=aol-mobile-overview&?&ncid=aolmbd00030000000139" target="_blank">with AOL on your phone</A>.</FONT> </div>