CA on Tuning Pins

[Dean May]

There is clearly a point of diminishing return and it happens well before 14
oz. I normally apply less than 2 oz to the worst of pianos. It has
occasionally happened that a few pins needed a little more the next time I'm
out. I just give it to them.  Rarely has the initial treatment not succeeded
on on or two pins. When that happened I pulled the pin, squirted some THIN
CA into the hole, stuck the pin back in. That has always worked for me. 

I am still tuning previously untunable pianos 8-10 years after the 2 oz CA
treatment. 


Dean
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-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Don
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 1:24 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: CA on Tuning Pins

Hi Paul,

There does not seem to be a point at which CA glue on tuning pins is "too
much". I had a client apply 14 oz to an upright. It tuned up just fine.
They did a very neat job.

At 01:43 PM 11/1/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>Anyone care to quantify how much CA to apply to each pin? 
>
>Drops, cc's, ml's, pint's, qt's
>
>How much is enough? 
>
>Paul E. Dempsey, RPT
>Piano Technician Sr.
>Marshall University
>Huntington, WV
>304-696-5418
>304-617-1149
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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