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<DIV>"...and she is talking about a Steinway!"</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hexigrip pinblock? Do we know what year =
it is? Is
there that much difference between three grain angles and two? I guess =
I'm
wondering what is the significance of this?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=antares@euronet.nl =
href="mailto:antares@euronet.nl">antares</A>
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<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> Tuesday, November 16, =
2004 6:01
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: CA in a =
hurry</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR>On 16-nov-04, at 14:55, Don wrote:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE>Hi André,<BR><BR>If there is a crack in the pin block =
over size
pins will cause it to<BR>spread. CA glue works extremely well in =
this
application, especially if<BR>humidity is
controlled.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>But Don,<BR>Barbara (as far as I =
know) did
not mention a crack.<BR>She wrote :<BR><BR>"<?fontfamily><?param =
Arial><?smaller>The pins are generally loose,
with a few "let go of your tuning hammer at watch it fly" types. =
Yes,
it's a Steinway. Yes, it's in miserable shape and I have no qualms =
about doing
whatever I need to do to get it hold the tune better than it does
now."<BR><BR><?/smaller><?x-tad-bigger>Now<?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily><=
?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>,
<?/smaller><?x-tad-bigger>I must tell you that hardly anybody on this =
side of
the pond uses CA glue for pin =
blocks.<BR><?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily><?x-tad-bigger>So, if there are =
no
cracks (and she is talking about a Steinway!) why use CA =
glue?<BR>Modern pin
blocks can easily take on over size tuning pins and according to me, =
an
oversize tuning pin is much more
reliable.<BR><BR><BR><?/x-tad-bigger><BR>friendly =
greetings<BR>from<BR>André
Oorebeek<BR><BR>Vita Dura Est<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>