<HTML><HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2715.400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Adding a couple drops of CA is hardly "pouring" in super glue but I understand that some would not be comfortable with such a procedure.  You could also tap the pin down to secure the pin a bit better if you are more comfortable with that.  It probably wouldn't take much to hold the pin in place.  I would hardly consider that radical or "non-warranty" treatment.  I'm not sure what the big deal is.  The piano has to be prepped for the concert.  You do what is necessary.  All this paranoia about litigiousness and such seems a bit of an over reaction.   I don't think we need to be quite this paralyzed.</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=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</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> 3/3/2003 12:44:07 AM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: to repair or not to repair</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2>Personally I aggree wholeheartedly with your hesitancy Hazen. Always better to be safe then sorry in such situations. A0 is far from a critical issue to begin with. Sure, bring the attention of who ever is responsible to the problem. <P>Another point... effecting a non approved repair on an instrument under warranty is not really my idea of a good move. <P>RicB <P>HazenBannister@cs.com wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>Hi,</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>  I guess if the piano had not been new,it would have been an easier call,especially to drive the pin. The concert went great regardless.Pouring super glue in a new Steinway,especially somebody else's, didn't seem like a good choose either,at the time,on A0.What we,or some techs,consider common practice,might not be to our competitors</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>Best,</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>Hazen Bannister</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>-- <BR>Richard Brekne <BR>RPT, N.P.T.F. <BR>UiB, Bergen, Norway <BR><A href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <BR><A href="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <BR>  </FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>