I’ve always enjoyed doweling a glue joint when possible. Even an eighth inch dowel across the break can improve the bond if only from a mechanical aspect. Recently however, this young man I mentioned earlier reported seeing a glue joint fail from what he considered to be the tension created by the cross grained conflicting expansion and contraction .......... or at least that’s the way I understood his explanation. The object of discussion was a grand leg whose laminations were separating. I’d welcome any additional thoughts or comments on this. Isaac, I sure do like your idea of a hose clamp and some rubber hose to clamp a round or uneven surface ....... French leg comes to mind. I’ll most likely continue to use dowels across the break. One recent application involved a Lowrey console in a school where moving the piano across an expansion joint made both front legs very loose. The legs themselves didn’t break but the keybed did. After clamping the glue stuffed break I doweled the break from just under the keyslip with half inch dowel and touched up the resulting “dot” in the finish. The customer was happy with the results and I got paid ............ and that my friends is the bottom line!! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120621/130193b6/attachment.htm>
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