<!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 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Terry, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here too you confirm my findings on the = CA glue working after other applications of pin tight Garfields etc. have been used.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I just had a thought of why old = pianos might have been referred to as old beaters. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The loose bridge pins causing false beats.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BTW give me a call</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</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> Monday, March 08, 2004 = 7:51 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Pinblocks, CA & = Dope - an update</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>FYI:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I CA-treated the pinblock of an old = upright six months ago. Dozens of pins were so loose that = they immediately spun back on their own after raising the pitch. I tipped the = piano back and applied two bottles of thin CA (after spending 20 minutes trying = to talk the lady into dumping the piano). It was quite apparent that the pins = had been doped some years ago - plate was all stained at the tuning pins and = the feel of the few pins that had any torque was very spongy. The CA treatment = seems to work well a couple days later when I pitch-raised and tuned the piano.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I went back there last night to tune. = Three pins had let go. I gave them a tap or two and they then had a very solid = feel. All the other tuning pins had good to great torque and very good feel.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This piano had a full plate with no = tuning pin bushings.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bottom line: CA worked great = on this previously doped block. Your results may vary.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>