<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Liszt and Joe & = Penny</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This thread about tightening wrest pins = using CA glue is a very interesting one. The problem is I have absolutely no idea = what CA glue is. Maybe in UK we have an equivalent. So... Could someone please = describe this glue... What colour is it? ... what consistency? ... what smell = does it have?... Is it water-based and therefore thinned with water before = use?... how large are the containers it comes in? .... is it a resin glue? ... is it = something like PVA woodworking glue? (which stuff can be thinned down = with water in a bucket to "size" concrete before laying wood-block flooring..:-) Is = it another name for that terrible glue called "Cyano-Acrylate" as used in = the plastics industry and can glue your fingers to your nose (or other parts = of the anatomy). With the same initials this is my guess. It is this very = "thin" glue which comes in quite small white plastic bottles with a dispensing nozzle and has a limited "shelf-life".</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Question:  If you had an old (1895) S&S model "B" 85 note grand with replaced tapered = legs and loose Bass tuning pins... would you be tempted to go the CA route?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have just such a problem at the = moment but I rather think I prefer the replacement strings and pins option on an = S&S of that age.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards from the black cold Sussex Downlands</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G = (UK)</FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>