This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Richard Gullion said: "Fish glue....half the price of cold hide = glue..same features...taks faster..ong shelf life" Yikes! I thought I got rid of that dumb idea! If you want glue joints to = fail, just use fish glue! It is a very poor substitute for hide glue. It = will fail in moderate to high humidity situations, every time. I got a free piano, many years ago. On putting it on the dolley, the = bottom board fell off! By the time I got it down the long ramp, (over = stairs), the sides had fallen off, taking the key bed with it. The only = thing that was still on the dolley, was the back and the action dangling = from the action bolts! On investigation, it was put together with FISH = GLUE!! Over the years I've had similar situations with that stuff. Do = not use it....ever. I've done many experiments on various types of glue and found hide glue = to be superior to all others, when used/prepared properly, especially in = action work. 'Nuff said. Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain, Tool Police Squares R I ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/f3/cb/68/0f/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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