I'm looking for some opinions on using Ca in pin blocks with loose pins.
I have treated several pin blocks with much success in extending the life of pianos with pins loose enough that they won't hold.
The reason for this query is that I will soon be seeing a piano on a cruise ship that apparently has loose pins in the treble. It is most likely a Yamaha C3 and probably less than 20 years old. I have tuned close to 100 Yamaha C series on cruise ships and can scarcely remember a loose pin, however, according to a report from another technician there are several loose pins in the treble section of this instrument and they pounded the pins in deeper to get some purchase which, of course can present other tuning stability problems. I have encountered instability in these working pianos largely owing to multiple string replacements-sometimes not very well done- and sometimes hard to control pins because they were backed out too far for the string replacement. But apparently these pins are loose and the prior technician recommends pin replacement.
The reason I'm asking this question now because I'm not going to have the time or resources to replace pins in this piano during the 6 or so hours I will be onboard with this scant information and am wondering if at least mitigating the problem with Ca glue would hamper pin replacement at a later date. (I'm basically coming aboard to tune this and 3 other C series grands)
In short, my question is exactly that; do you think using Ca glue will hamper tuning pin replacement with larger size pins in the future?
Thanks in advance.
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Steven Rosenthal RPT
Honolulu HI
(808) 521-7129
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