Sohmer Grand

[Joseph Garrett]

Ron,
I ademantly agree! :-)
Joe Garrett
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 6:49 PM
Subject: Re: Sohmer Grand


>
> >
> > Give them two options. One, do it "right," which is to remove all the
damper,
> >
> > reglue the loose ones with super glue, or, as you suggested, drill and
> > screws, and then look for other loose ones. The other option is to glue
the
> > loose ones in the piano, using super glue. Be sure to tell them that you
> > can't guarantee that other's won't come loose. (Make sure you make note
of
> > the ones you fixed.) Then let the customer make the decision.
>
>
>
> Once again, I seem to have missed a major shift in thinking in the
industry.
> When did super glue become the de facto standard wood glue for "doing it
> right"? What happened to "it may not be the best approach, but it's
quick", and
> why would you need "quick" here?
>
> Still mired in the hopeless but adhesively secure past with hot hide glue,
> Titebond, and PVA (with epoxy and plastic resin as indicated).
>
>
> Ron N
>