---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment 16 hours a day of Liszt et al. Practice room grands need bushings every year! I have to restring the top two sections every 3 to 4 years. These pianos get terribly hard use by very serious students. dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 7/2/01 at 6:12 PM Carl Meyer wrote: I've always thought and have proved that pvc-e is totally waterproof. I've dried a glob of the stuff on a piece of glass, boiled it in water, and nothing happened to it. I wonder if it lets go because the juice got between the glue and the wood. I've gotta try that, but it will have to wait till after Reno. By the way, to what do you attribute the fact that the bushings only lasted one year? Hmmmmmm? Carl Meyer ----- Original Message ----- From: David M. Porritt To: pianotech@ptg.org Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 12:55 PM Subject: Re: PVC-E I used wallpaper paste remover, very lightly and they turned loose nicely. I haven't tried the steam. Paste remover has been my normal way to do it. dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 7/2/01 at 2:39 PM Kazuo Yoshizaki wrote: I have not tried PVC-E glue on key bushings yet, but how do you remove the bushings glued with PVC-E? Does steam work for PVC-E? Yoshi ----- Original Message ----- From: David M. Porritt To: pianotech@ptg.org Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 11:50 AM Subject: PVC-E Last year I did some experimenting with gluing felt to wood. I was happy enough with the results to use PVC-E for some key bushings instead of hide glue. It worked well. Today I removed the bushings to install new ones, and they came out SO much faster and better than hide glue. The wood of the mortice didn't splinter, and the sides of the mortices were very clean (no red fuzzy glue remaining). Just in case I'm not the last one to do this I thought I'd pass it on. dave David M. Porritt dporritt@swbell.net Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 David M. Porritt dporritt@swbell.net Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 David M. Porritt dporritt@swbell.net Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/c0/d1/17/45/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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