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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I made a boo-boo =
today and I'm
posting this so no one else should make the same =
mistake. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> 1. Tilted a =
small spinet
on its back for CA glue application to the loose pins.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> 2. =
Applied CA
without incident. A second application followed as most were =
soaked up by
the pin bushings. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> 3. Righted =
piano and began
tuning, here's where it gets good.....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> 4. Found =
several dampers
frozen to strings, and several strings sound dead with no =
sustain.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> 5. Finally =
realize that
not all the CA was absorbed into the pinblock, but enough stayed on the =
surface
to run down the strings when I tilted the piano back up to =
normal,
coating the strings and soaking into the dampers.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> 6. Going back =
Monday to
fix it. The lesson here: Check to see how much liquid =
is still
sitting on the plate before uprighting the piano.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> DON'T LET THIS =
HAPPEN TO YOU
!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Mike =
Kurta</FONT></DIV>
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