<!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>Who knows what kind of pinblock is in = this piano.  It dates from the 1920s, the soundboard has had varying = types of repairs done (I'm sort of partial to the carpenters glue stalactites on the bottom of the board) and it has a Teflon = action.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond</FONT></DIV> <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</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 16, = 2004 5:57 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: CA in a = hurry</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>"...and she is talking about a Steinway!"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=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 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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>