No one has mentioned the option of doweling horizontally, thru the upper lyre top, into the lyre post, and on thru to the other side...a 3" ish length drywall screw can be sent thru the back, counter sunk, and hidden from view...won't come apart. Dan Reed pianoarts at tx.rr.com On Apr 1, 2009, at 3:24 PM, McNeilTom at aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 4/1/2009 3:26:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > fssturm at unm.edu writes: >> I guess you do saturation at all the contacting surfaces?That's >> right. And sometimes I drill into the unseen part of a joint with a >> very small drill to encourage penetration of the CA to a certain >> area. >> In any case, I do think driving the dowels out is better than prying >> apart, as you control which dowel(s) you are addressing. I have found >> that prying can have unintended consequences in terms of loosening >> what was tight and even causing splitting. Driving is faster, too, >> and exerts the force precisely where it is needed, and in the right >> direction. And the impact breaks the friction better than >> pressing.Yes, indeed! > > ~ Tom McNeil, RPT ~ > Vermont Piano Restorations > > > > Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1915 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20090401/3fc87de1/attachment-0001.bin>
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