<HTML style="FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif; FONT-SIZE: x-small"><HEAD> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19170"></HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"> <DIV> <DIV>Why bother? The whole idea is to get rid of the tuning pins and the wire, is it not. Who cares if the wire is locked into/onto the tuning pins? The whole mess will wind up in the circular file anyway. Right?</DIV> <DIV>Joe</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jrpiano@eastlink.ca href="mailto:jrpiano@eastlink.ca">John Ross</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A>;<A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 2/12/2012 9:47:46 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] open letter to CA users..???</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2>I would try a becket breaker. <DIV>John Ross</DIV> <DIV>Windsor, Nova Scotia</DIV> <DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV>On 13-02-2012, at 1:21 AM, Joseph Garrett wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV>Rob said: <BR>"I'm repinning a grand with oversized pins and upon attempting to remove<BR>the becket from the old pins to take the old pins out, I've discovered the<BR>major pain in the bu** that can materialize from careless CA work. <BR><BR>Apparently, it was too difficult to direct the CA at the bottom of the<BR>tuning pin, and instead an easier route was chosen to just pour the CA over<BR>the coil and let it run down into the hole. Since I'm now repinning, the CA<BR>didn't work all that well on pin tightness, but it was most excellent at<BR>insuring the becket was unable to leave it's little home in the tuning pin.<BR>;-)"<BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Rob,<BR>I'd just suggest you get busy with a big honkin' set of diagonal cutters.<BR>Snip the wires and then back the pins out with either a reversable drill or<BR>air drill. No biggy, imo. Why do you need to take the wire out of the<BR>becket hole? In reality, you're just going to toss those old pins anyway.<BR>So, what's the big deal?<G><BR>It's obvious that someone really didn't understand how one is supposed to<BR>apply CA. I suspect it was the wrong vicosity, as well.<BR>That's my take on it.<G><BR>Joe <BR><BR><BR>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain of the Tool Police<BR>Squares R I<BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>