plastic keytop glue

[John Ross]

Clyde,
I have good luck with PVC-E.
It cleans up with water.
I don't bother to clamp, and have had no problem, even in a boarding school 
situation, where they have been on for about 15 years.

John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 6:51 AM
Subject: plastic keytop glue


> Friends,
>
> I hope you can help me with this problem.
>
> I service on old upright piano for which a previous technician installed 
> new plastic keytops, probably a couple decades ago.  They keep coming off; 
> nearly every one has come off at least once.  I used to use Dryburgh 
> superglue, but they began coming off again, so I switched to Weldwood 
> contact cement, and that nearly always does okay for me, but not on this 
> piano.  This has been a chronic problem for years.
>
> Do you have a never-fail suggestion for some other glue?  I'll be seeing 
> this piano again the end of next week.  Preferably something that sets up 
> soon enough so I can do the repair, then tune the piano, or the other way 
> around, and that's locally available.  I like to stay away from glues so 
> dark that they show through the plastic.
>
> It's been a while since I've been on this list.  I'm doing well and hope 
> you are the same.  I'm swamped with piano work, like probably everyone 
> else this time of year.
>
> Merry Christmas,
> Clyde Hollinger, RPT
> Lititz, PA, USA
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