<!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 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Hi Cy.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>If you ream the holes to get new wood. How would that increase pressure, enough to damage the block?</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>You would naturally use a reamer compatible with the size pin, you intend to put in</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=741662027@theshusters.org href="mailto:741662027@theshusters.org">Cy Shuster</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 01, 2005 6:54 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: re-stringing and CA</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Larger pins (lo-torque or otherwise) have to put more splitting pressure on the pinblock, possibly causing further damage.  Using same-size replacement pins and pre-treating the holes with CA might fill in some existing cracks and make the block stronger.  Would you swab the holes first and let it dry before driving in (or dropping in!) the pins, or do it in one go?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Just guessing, here...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk href="mailto:michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk">Michael Gamble</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">John Ross</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 01, 2005 5:36 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: re-stringing and CA</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello John and List</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The old pins are grotty, rusted and deformed and would not be worth preserving and re-bluing. Apart from which the old pins will have their scoring (the end part of the pin which is in the plank) filled with old wood particles and rust. The new pins will be chromed and indeed .. new. The object is to find out what your collective reaction is to CA-ing in new pins.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G.(UK)</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>