Not that it's 100% consolation, but you do get double the labor charge then, don't you?? Mr. B..... no wait, that's my dad... Paul Bruesch, Stillwater, MN On Jan 4, 2008 5:54 PM, AlliedPianoCraft <AlliedPianoCraft at hotmail.com> wrote: > Right on Michael...............You don't want to hear what I have to say > when I get a set of key that have been rebushed with something other than > hide glue. Doubles my rebush time. > > Mr. G > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* MICHAEL MORVAN <keymaestro at verizon.net> > *To:* Pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> > *Sent:* Friday, January 04, 2008 6:03 PM > *Subject:* glue for bushings > > List, > At the risk of being lynched, burnt at the cross or forced to listen > to rap music, I feel I must question why someone would use any other glue > than hide glue on WEAR items. WEAR items being bushings especially. > Bushings are replaced so often one could make a good living solely replacing > them, and when they are put in originally from the manufacturer or replaced > by the technician with a glue that does not release from the pores of wood > the nightmare begins. If one is looking for the convenience of a glue in a > squirt bottle like Titebond or Elmer's and does not want to deal with hot > hide glue then use cold hide glue, it is readily available and strong as can > be, and more importantly it is EASILY REVERSIBLE, thus sparing the next > technician much grief. An ounce of prevention prevents a pound of cure. With > EVERY keyboard and button manufacturer except myself using a PVA based glue > on their bushings in the buttons and mortises, I feel for the next > generations of technicians having to deal with this preventable problem. > Think hide glue, love hide glue. Mike > > Michael A. Morvan > Blackstone Valley Piano > Dedicated To Advancing The Art Of Keyboard Restoration > 76 Sutton Street > Uxbridge, Ma. 01569 > (508) 278-9762 > Keymaestro at verizon.net > www.pianoandorgankeys.com > > www.thepianorebuilders.com > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080104/75377326/attachment.html
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