<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> <DIV>Thanks for the warning but .... too late!  Only in my case, the stuff run under the plate on top of the block and dripped onto the carpet. Fortuneately it was a crummy, temporary carpet in a start-up church that meets in what was formerly an auto glass shop--so they weren't too bothered. I had chills thinking what it would have been in a nice new, expensive house ...... brrrrr. I use drop cloths now, always.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mkurta@adelphia.net href="mailto:mkurta@adelphia.net">Mike Kurta</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A>;<A title=rgorzkasr@netzero.net href="mailto:rgorzkasr@netzero.net">Rodney Gorzka</A>;<A title=simkinjp@baldcom.net href="mailto:simkinjp@baldcom.net">Paul Simkin</A>;<A title=pkupeli1@twcny.rr.com href="mailto:pkupeli1@twcny.rr.com">Paul Kupelian</A>;<A title=asmith1@twcny.rr.com href="mailto:asmith1@twcny.rr.com">Nick Smith</A>;<A title=mkurta@adelphia.net href="mailto:mkurta@adelphia.net">Mike Kurta</A>;<A title=TnshnRsn8r@yahoo.com href="mailto:TnshnRsn8r@yahoo.com">Michelle Stranges</A>;<A title=lmiller@mycingular.com href="mailto:lmiller@mycingular.com">Loren Miller</A>;<A title=nkwill@usadatanet.net href="mailto:nkwill@usadatanet.net">Ken Williams</A>;<A title=JHHA440@hotmail.com href="mailto:JHHA440@hotmail.com">John Harrington</A>;<A title=joel.levine@oracle.com href="mailto:joel.levine@oracle.com">Joel Levine</A>;<A title=family1246@adelphia.net href="mailto:family1246@adelphia.net">Joe Karwacki</A>;<A title=thorsyl@mindspring.com href="mailto:thorsyl@mindspring.com">Gary Sylvester</A>;<A title=scoles@oswego.edu href="mailto:scoles@oswego.edu">Fred Scoles</A>;<A title=edthetuner@usadatanet.net href="mailto:edthetuner@usadatanet.net">Ed Mastin</A>;<A title=Rlee10@twcny.rr.com href="mailto:Rlee10@twcny.rr.com">Bob Lee</A>;<A title=artiesmith1@hotmail.com href="mailto:artiesmith1@hotmail.com">Art Smith</A>;<A title=algrenning@aol.com href="mailto:algrenning@aol.com">Al Grenning</A>;<A title=tmoonan@msn.com href="mailto:tmoonan@msn.com">Tom Moonan</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 09/23/2005 9:29:24 AM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Lesson learned.....</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>