disrupted mortises

[Alan R. Barnard]

Are you sure it wasn't white glue, i.e., Elmers? I don't know how different they'd look when dry like that. Anyway, it seems to me that PVC-E is somewhat less, shall we say, tenacious than Elmers when trying to remove old stuff.

Alan Barnard
Salem, MO
Joshua 24:15



----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "ed miller" <edmiller3 at hotmail.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 12/05/2006 7:12:54 PM
Subject: disrupted mortises


>Hello,

>I'm doing a key re-bushing job. The front rail bushings were glued in with 
>PVC-E glue. Many mortises were compromised by wood staying on the felt as I 
>pulled the felt away.

>Any suggestions on what I can do as/or before I glue in the new felt with 
>hot hide to ensure an even job from key to key?  I have been testing the 
>keys for the best felt-fit with my brass cauls, there are drastic 
>differences of fit from key to key thanks to all the wood that was removed 
>as I was removing the PVC-E'd felt.

>Thanks,
>Ed

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