<!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 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Wim.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can you tell more about the entire pin = block epoxying procedure ? (I am interested by that).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stéphane Collin</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(Bruxelles, Belgium)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=Wimblees@AOL.COM = href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM">Wimblees@AOL.COM</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> Saturday, May 25, 2002 = 6:32 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Tunings stability problem</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 5/25/02 1:29:33 PM !!!First Boot!!!, <A href="mailto:jurjens@tpg.com.au">jurjens@tpg.com.au</A> writes: = <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">Won't shimming or larger pins make a crack spread wider, = making the problem <BR>worse? <BR><BR>Is this why glue may be better? = <BR><BR>Is glue only useful for a cracked plank? Or also for enlarged holes? <BR><BR>Scott <BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>It is my opinion that = you cannot permanently fix a cracked pin block. You can slow it down, and = you can temporarily keep the pins from slipping. But the only permanent = solution to a cracked pinblock is a new one. The only exception to that is if you = epoxy the entire block. But that procedure should only be done in extreme = situations, like a mortised in block. <BR><BR>Wim = </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>