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<DIV><SPAN class=46211812-25032004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Julia,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>I've
had a piano that did not respond to two treatments. It holds barely, but =
not
well enough for fine tuning. In fact, on this small grand, I had tipped =
the
piano upside down to apply a LOT of CA to the underside of the block. It =
was
disappointing to find out that when the piano was upright again it =
hadn't
worked, although another application from the top helped a tiny
bit.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=46211812-25032004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
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always tell the customer that CA might not work. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=46211812-25032004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Repinning is needed when you have loose pins, and there is =
enough money
to pay your labor. :-) But, always educate the customer about rebuilding =
and
better performance the piano will have.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>You can
keep the old wire when restringing, but it's just as easy to replace =
with
new.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=46211812-25032004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>John
Formsma</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of</B>
Alpha88x@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 24, 2004 6:50
PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> loose loose =
tuning
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PTSIZE="10">Greetings.<BR><BR>  =
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How tight can CA glue make <I>really</I> loose tuning pins? Is there a =
limitation to it's effectiveness. I would think if they are really =
loose, (so
loose that you can actually see a tuning hammer ride back as fast as =
the sweep
second hand of a watch!) that maybe 4 treatments on those pins might =
do the
trick, but I don't know. Any suggestions? What sanctions a repinning =
job? If
one does re-pin a piano must all the strings be replaced with new ones =
or can
you re-string the old back on?<BR><BR>Julia Gottchall<BR>Reading, =
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