<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Terry,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It's one of those Pleyel from end 19 th = century with an open face pinblock. Many of them have the upper lamination = cracked in the tenor section from the left to the right and have the tuning pins = bent foreward. Specially  the pins closest to the keyboard are = concerned. I'll send a picture if I find out how to work with my new digital camera.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for the = information.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pierre</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=terry@farrellpiano.com = href="mailto:terry@farrellpiano.com">Terry</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> Monday, February 21, 2005 = 10:30 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Glue pinblock = plugs</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have used epoxy in this application = with great success. And yes, there are other glues to use. Epoxy may be the = better selection if the original has cracks. When you say cracked, = exactly how is it cracked?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I checked the Pianotech archives = trying to find out what's the best way to glue laminated pinblock plugs in a = cracked pinblock but I could'n't find out.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is epoxying  the best way to = fix these plugs ore are there better glues?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for some = advice.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pierre</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>