Upright Wippen Rebuilding Questions: Felt glue and spoon lube.

[Farrell]

I did the wippen heel action cloth replacement today. A little dab of hot hide glue at each end of the rectangular area, apply cloth, hold for about one minute while applying glue to next wippen, set down. Turned out great. Very easy. That hot hide glue grabs and sets FAST!

To the best of my knowledge, Protek makes three products: CPL for center pins, damper guide rail bushings, underlevers, key pins and capstans; PROlube for the keybed, keyframe, keypins and grand damper wires; and Multi-Purpose Lubricant - a grease-type lubricant - for wood-to-wood, wood-to-metal and metal-to-metal applications.

Which of these are you referring to - or is there another Protek product?

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: Upright Wippen Rebuilding Questions: Felt glue and spoon lube.


> Kerry,
>      Unless you are a fanatical stickler for
> historicity, I recommend that you use a very thick 
> PVC-E type glue for your wippen cloths, such as can be
> readily bought at fabric stores as "Aileen's Twice as
> Tacky", etc.. They are the very easiest to use for all
> types of felt and cloth, almost paste in consistency,
> quick grip, dry clear and are easily removed with a
> damp rag in the future, if desired.
>      I also recommend the thicker Protek paste ( such
> as is recommended for key pins )for the spoons.
> Shouldn't corrode anything, very slippery. 
>    Thump
> 
> --- Kerry Cooper <brispiano@optushome.com.au> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > >
> > > I will be installing new jacks and attached
> > flanges. Is it best to simply
> > apply hide glue, stick together and let dry? Or are
> > their any significant
> > secrets to the process?
> > 
> > You can use hide glue or Tite-bond.
> > 
> > > I will be replacing heel/capstan action cloth. Is
> > hide glue applied over
> > the entire cloth/wood surface? Or is it just applied
> > at the forward and back
> > ends of the action cloth so that there is no glue
> > between the cloth and
> > wooden wippen heel?
> > 
> > Glue is applied only to forward and back ends only.
> > This stops any future
> > noise that might arise due to glue soaking into the
> > Box/action cloth.
> > 
> > > The spoons are tarnished a bit. I would rather not
> > replace if I can make
> > like new easily. I can simply give them a second or
> > two on the buffing wheel
> > and they will be shiny as ever - but what about the
> > surface metal left -
> > will it corrode faster than a new spoon? Can I coat
> > the buffed spoon with
> > Emrlon (or something like that - thought I had seen
> > it in Schaff catalog for
> > coating capstans - couldn't find it again) or
> > something else?
> > 
> > Buff spoons, and light coat of mutton fat. Just a
> > smear to protect from air.
> > 
> > Kerry
> > 
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