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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hazen: I have had good results with thin CA
glue. For an upright you will have to lay the piano back on a tilter, then
use about an entire bottle of glue, dribbling it in around the base of the pins
until the glue stops going in - or you use up the bottle! Let it sit over night,
then tune away. I have several clients with very elderly pianos for
which this treatment has given the owners a few more years of life.
Of course, it doesn't do anything for the worn out action, cracked soundboard,
and alligator hide finish.......</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Patrick Poulson, RPT</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 11, 2001 4:28
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> loose-pins</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Hi list, <BR> I
have to go to a new customer friday,with an old upright.He said he thinks it
has some loose pins.I have used the pin tightener from Schaff, also have used
over-sized pins, and have used sandpaper bushing ,as well as driving the
pins.I was looking for <BR>maybe a new,or better idea.I have read about CA
glue in the journal,and wondered what kinda results some of you may have had
with it loose tuning pins.Also what <BR>kind of time are you looking at before
tuning,after using this method. <BR><BR>Thanks much, <BR>Hazen Bannister
<BR>Western Carolinas Chapter</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>