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1:28 PM, Fred Sturm wrote:</DIV><BR =
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style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" =
size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">The clear yellow was =
extraordinarily pure. I showed some to a violin maker I know, and he was =
amazed and had to get some right away (I referred him to Pianotek). More =
recently he has been complaining that it isn't as good now.</FONT></P> =
</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>I was going to suggest trying some from a =
luthier supply, like <A =
href="http://www.internationalviolin.com">http://www.internationalviolin=
.com</A> or <A =
href="http://www.howardcore.com">http://www.howardcore.com</A> or <A =
href="http://www.internationalluthiers.com">http://www.internationalluth=
iers.com</A> Stewart McDonald may also carry it (<A =
href="http://www.stewmac.com">http://www.stewmac.com</A>)</DIV><DIV><BR =
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Even the "Liquid Hide Glue" =
has more of a brown honey color to it. I don't use a lot of hide =
glue, but mine has always had a browner tint. Humidity is pretty high =
here, so there's probably the explanation. There's some very old glue =
here that's been in the shop since I was probably in the 2nd grade. =
It has a pretty strong odor and is darker brown, but holds very =
well.</DIV><DIV><BR =
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Jeff</DIV><BR><BR><DIV> =
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white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Jeff Tanner, =
RPT</DIV><DIV>University of South Carolina</DIV><DIV><BR =
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