Tech hints

[Leslie W Bartlett]

I'd surely be interested in any info you get on the glue situation.  I
dislike hide glue immensely, just because it stinks, and will go to great
lengths not to use it.  Also, I am NOT doing concert level work, so don't
have to be quite the purist.............

Leslie Bartlett M. Mus
Houston Chapter PTG
lesbart@juno.com


On Sat, 22 Feb 1997 11:09:10 -0700 John Musselwhite
<musselj@cadvision.com> writes:
>At 03:39 PM 2/21/97 -0500, Sam G. wrote:
>
>>I instinctively know hot glue is the way to go in many instances, but
>have
>>good luck with titebond. Anyone know why hot glue is worth the
>trouble?
>
>Hide glue has musical and strength properties that are well-known to
>musical
>instrument builders. For example, it's strong enough to take the
>strain of
>steel strings on a guitar bridge, while retaining the ability to be
>easily
>removed. All the luthiers I talk to also say that it transfers energy
>more
>efficiently, but I have no data on that.
>
>>Titebond does come apart when hanging hammers with agood extractor.
>
>I'm curious if anyone has done any definitive work on the musical
>properties
>of hide glue over Titebond. My own preference would be hot hide,
>merely
>because it's organic and IMO other than necessary metal parts all
>musical
>instruments should be made from organic materials.  B-})
>
>
>John Musselwhite, RPT
>Calgary, Alberta Canada
>musselj@cadvision.com
>
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