Ron, Not being a chemist, I can only report observed circumstances. That being said, having tried the CA glue, it _seems_ to work against the steel like any acetone-based product; i.e., it corrodes it. Or, at least weakens it to the point that, in strings have broken where the glue was applied, rather than at a bearing point. I should point out that many of my clients live relatively close to the Pacific, and it is entirely possible that the salt air plays a part in this equation, so others may have had other experience. I do, however, like the glue drop idea, and use white or woodworker's glue in the same way. My preference to glue, however, is to use combinations of cloth-backed bookbinder's tape and/or bushing cloth to even out the sizzle. Different pianos and circumstances require different amounts of this zing, and what is totally acceptable in one instance is a disaster in another. Then there are issues of the condition of the v-bar, the plate duplex, age/condition of the strings, et cetera ad nauseum, all of which come into play _long_ before I do much with the hammers other than to make sure that they are set up as Antares has suggested. "Let the punishment fit the crime." Sir Arthur Sullivan. Horace Horace Greeley hgreeley@leland.stanford.edu LiNCS voice: 415/725-4627 Stanford University fax: 415/725-9942
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