On 1/14/2011 6:00 PM, Ed Foote wrote: > I don't think it has all been hide. I saw a set being hung at the factory, and there was some glue that was put on about an > > octave's worth of shanks at a time, and then they were dropped in the jig. I don't remember a heated glue pot. And > > there are some 1960's vintage S&S that seem to be glued with some type of plastic glue. It doesn't respond to moisure > > or heat. No idea. I've never seen anything different than the usual. In the factory, there wasn't a glue pot, but rather a trough the length of the stack. When I asked, it was said to be hide glue. More shape shifting, in infinite regression. The entertainment value further fades. Ron N
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