David, Ron, Jon, thank you for your responses on this. I have used both hide glue and a latex-based glue available in the UK called Copydex, for fitting new damper felts in the past. I was just curious to find out what people's experiences were, with the PVC-E. Hide glue is of course a known quantity longterm, affording the possibility of relatively easy removal and renewal in the future (and, depending on type etc, fairly fast "tack"). I don't think this Bechstein I'm doing, will get another set of damper felts in its lifetime, so easy removal need not be a factor, I guess. I stuck a little piece of felt to a bit of pine with PVC-E, just to see what it was like, and i'm impressed with it! Best regards, David Boyce.
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