Bill Garlick: The Long Reach of Mentorship

I came to NBSS with three years experience as a piano technician, seeking to learn and hone my skills, certainly, but also full of my recently gathered "knowledge" and experience. I think my leading questions may have been a trial for Bill at times, disrupting of his carefully crafted curriculum. But certainly his leading questions, tests, and practical demonstrations were of great value to me.
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The CA Glue Pinblock Repair

I love this repair, in spite of the smelly synthetic chemical aspects. It works passively, reinforces the weakening area around affected tuning pins, and basically does its magic by adding more surface contact between block and tuning pin.

 

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