I do not find the contact cement to be any good at all. It leaves a horrible mess on the key, and the ivory. Mind you, the person who did the job, might not have been careful. White glue in conjunction with the C/A has worked well for me. John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Magness To: Pianotech List Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 6:04 PM Subject: Re: gluing ivories On 9/28/07, Willem Blees <wimblees at aol.com> wrote: Jim You can use CA glue. But use the thick stuff and the kicker. Just make sure it's put on correctly the first time, and be sure you don't get any of it on your finger as you're attaching the ivory to the glue. That stuff works very well between skin and ivory. (ask me how I know) Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Honolulu, HI Author of The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -----Original Message----- From: Jim <jim at jimkinnear.com > To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 9:26 am Subject: gluing ivories Hi gang As one who definitely has more to learn than to instruct, I have a pesky problem to share . . What glue system do you use to re-attach ivory ( heads, usually ) I found out the hard way decades ago that water based glue does not work with the ivory, as it caus! es it to curl. What is the most effective way to get them to stay put, especially when on site with only a few to fix . . ??? Inquiring minds want to know . . Jim Kinnear ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! For field repairs I have used contact cement, that's what I was told when I started out eons ago, it's a trifle more forgiving than CA and less chance you'll glue the ivory or the key to yourself. It does require a little more time though. Mike -- You never truly understand something until you can explain it to your grandmother. --Albert Einstein Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070928/d7709985/attachment.html
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