<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2715.400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>If somebody hires me to prepare a piano for a concert, then I do what is necessary to prepare the piano for the concert.  A few drops of CA glue to hold a loose tuning pin will not adversely effect the piano in any way, will not make it worse than it was.  Pounding the pin down runs a small risk of breaking the string.  This is not like saturating the hammers with lacquer because you didn't think the piano was bright enough.  It's a perfectly acceptable way to secure a loose tuning pin.  I agree with you about making unrequested or unnecessary wholesale changes, but I don't consider this to be one.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2> <DIV>David Love</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.net</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></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=kevin.e.ramsey@cox.net href="mailto:kevin.e.ramsey@cox.net">Kevin E. Ramsey</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A>;<A title=davidlovepianos@earthlink.net href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.net</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 3/2/2003 4:16:06 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: to repair or not to repair</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My answer, to do nothing, was partly based on the premise that No Go Dead Will Go Unpunished.  What would you do if the owner of the piano had some problem with what you had done?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin E. Ramsey</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=davidlovepianos@earthlink.net href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">David Love</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> Sunday, March 02, 2003 5:13 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: to repair or not to repair</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>A few drops of thin CA glue down through the plate into the block would do the trick.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2> <DIV>David Love</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.net</A></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>