<!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 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you, <FONT face="Times New = Roman" size=3>André</FONT>, for putting it so kindly.  :-)   = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There are a number of reasons. </FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was thinking of CAing the whole piano = and sort of like repairs to be invisible, though on this piano, I guess it really = doesn't matter.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I *thought* I had a pretty good = assortment of pins in all sizes and flavors, but when I went to check my supply, I = find that my assortment isn't as good as I remember (and I hate having to use a = pin of a different finish--call me fashion conscious).  My supplies were in = storage for 7 years and some things didn't make it through.  I could = swear that a box of stuff got lost.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To tell the truth, I'm more inclined to = use sand paper shims than repin.  Maybe it's because it seems like a = gentler solution and less likely to break things in case there's a split.  = Of course, I *could* be totally mistaken.  ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=antares@euronet.nl = href="mailto:antares@euronet.nl">antares</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> Tuesday, November 16, = 2004 2:12 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: CA in a = hurry</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR></DIV><BR>On 16-nov-04, at = 20:42, Barbara Richmond wrote:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>So, I was wondering = if I removed those few spinning pins and carefully applied the CA, would = I get more holding power?  How long should I wait before re-inserting = the pins?<BR><?/smaller><?/fontfamily></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>My dear = barbara,<BR><BR>Why not using over size pins in the first place?<BR><BR><BR><BR>friendly greetings<BR>from<BR>André Oorebeek<BR><BR>Vita Dura = Est<BR>but<BR>where 'Music' is, no harm can be<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>