<!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 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Hi Hazen. Another opinion on CA: Ditto for everything Patrick says. = I have used it with good results a number of times.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell <SPAN = id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </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=pcpoulso@pacbell.net = href="mailto:pcpoulso@pacbell.net">Patrick C Poulson</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> Tuesday, December 11, = 2001 7:45 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: loose-pins</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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> <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=HazenBannister@cs.com href="mailto:HazenBannister@cs.com">HazenBannister@cs.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> Tuesday, December 11, = 2001 4:28 PM</DIV> <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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>