travelling paper

[David Love]

I've used the no lick glue for many years and not seen any failure.  In
fact, the longer you leave it on, the harder it is to get off in my
experience.  I agree that the paper should be stuck to the underside of the
flange, not the rail.

David Love


----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Kline" <sckline@attbi.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: April 03, 2002 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: travelling paper


> At 11:40 AM 4/3/2002 -0800, you wrote:
> > > Use the brown paper tape that has prestuck glue that doesn't reguire
> > > wetting.  Put it underneath the flange.  It peels off easily if you
want to
> > > remove it.
>
> I'm not too keen on the no-lick glue. It probably doesn't leave as foul
> a mess as masking tape, which has no business anywhere in the same room
> with a piano, but I've found that the adhesive properties fail within a
> year or two, while the stamp-like glue lasts indefinitely. So if one
> removes a hammer after ten years or so, the no-lick paper would probably
fall
> off.
>
> By the way, no one has mentioned it, but I hope that everyone papers
> the flange instead of the rail. That way if parts get switched or
replaced,
> the rail isn't wrong. Also, as Ed points out, the glue doesn't do the
> rail cloth any good.
>
> Susan Kline
>
>