Acetic Acid - Use in pianos????

[Jon Page]

At 03:25 PM 4/23/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Question for all you chemical wizards out there.
>
>When I enherited this position at the university, along with other
>"interesting" disoveries I found a huge jar of "Acetic Acid" among the
>piano supplies; approximately half of a large one-gallon glass bottle.
>Apparently the former and now long-gone retired tech used it for
>"something" relating to pianos. For disolving glue perhaps???  
>Rob Goodale, RPT
>Northern Arizona U.
>Flagstaff, AZ
>
>
I've heard of it used in dilute solution to break glue joints at the bass
bridge.  Someone else mixed it with hide glue and reglued ribs with it.
The acid was supposed to melt the old glue to mix with the new, I never
heard what became of the procedure.

Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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