gluing ivories

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

At 16:28 9/28/2007, you wrote:
>Understand.
>
>Disagree. (w/qualifications)
>
>If we are talking about a nice piano with great ivories, yes, do it 
>right. Around here, pianos that old with teeth that good are about 
>as common as UFO sightings.
>
>For the many, many times we are talking clunker uprights and cheapo 
>little grands with 88 difference ivory shades; chips, dips, and 
>scallops; and one particularly ugly, yellowish brute that has popped 
>off .... I say paste it on w/CA, PVC-E, chewing gum, Fixodent, or 
>whatever will stick.
>
>Alan Barnard
>Salem, MO
>
>----- Original message ----------------------------------------
>From: "John Delacour" <JD at Pianomaker.co.uk>
>To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Received: 9/28/2007 4:04:03 PM
>Subject: Re: gluing ivories
>
>
> >At 16:26 -0400 28/9/07, Willem Blees wrote:
>
> >>You can use CA glue...
>
>
> >Dear Lord please NO!!



Last week I had to replace a few SD10 ivories and split the 
difference.  I did it in place time savings and the fact that go bars 
would make nasty holes in the ceiling.

Yes, I have wafers and, yes, I used CA...     I precut the wafer to 
size, put a number of fine beads of CA on the key and placed the 
wafer(which I had moistened by licking my finger and wiping the 
wafer) on the key.   Next, I placed the CA on the ivory, moistened 
the wafer and placing the head firmly against the tail, lowered the 
ivory to the key.   Not enough CA to ooze out and experience the Wim syndrome.

(Wearing the latest model flamesuit...)




Conrad Hoffsommer
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