<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;= charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG>And= we're still trying to find a use for them...I use CA glue= exclusively for a loose pin. </DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left>David I.</DIV> <DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT= face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>----- Original message= ----------------------------------------><BR>From: John Ross= <<A= href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A= >><BR>To: Pianotech <<A= href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Rec= eived: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 13:40:46 -0300<BR>Subject: Re: Weak pin= block</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face=Arial><BR>Hi= Julia,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>When I used to shim a pin, with= sand paper, I used to make a tube of the sandpaper, and slip it= in the hole, grit side to the wood.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>This is the first time I have heard= of grit side to the pin.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>If I do it now,because, I don't= have an oversize pin, I will frequently use a bit of= veneer.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>One thing NOT to do is use these= metal tuning pin bushings, that are sold by the supply houses. I= still have them left from 1975, when I didn't know better, and= bought some.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Regards,</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 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=Alpha88x@aol.com= href="mailto:Alpha88x@aol.com">Alpha88x@aol.com</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> Wednesday, June 16,= 2004 1:16 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Weak pin= block</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial= size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Greetings,= <BR><BR>         &n= bsp; Up in piano tuning school, we were advised to lay the piano= on it's back via a piano tilter and use CA glue, or the old= formula of violin rosin mixed with alcohol as a tightening agent= for loose= pins.<BR><BR>        &nb= sp;  Also, if the situation is bad enough, a piece of 150= grit sandpaper could be cut in about a 3/8" wide strip, the= length of which would be twice the circumference of the pin,= folded in half width wise and wrapped around the pin and put= back in the hole. The folding in half width wise, allows you= would wrap the grit towards the outside of the pin and there= will be grit surface towards the inside of the pin, so that the= grip occurs between the pin and the block's hole and the pin and= the inside of the sandpaper.= <BR>          = I never had to try it yet as I have only been tuning for a= little over a year. It worked at school and I would try it if I= had the need.<BR>Hope this helps.<BR><BR>Julia= Gottchall,<BR>Reading, PA = </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>