Why "Hot Hide Glue" is ideal for bushiings....

[Euphonious Thumpe]

Besides its noxious characteristics, hide glue comes
loose down here in "Thuh Soweth", and also supports
mold, sometimes. I do not worship at its feet. 
I try to use what the geniuses who made these great
pianos WOULD have used, had it been available!
Thumpe


--- John Delacour <JD at Pianomaker.co.uk> wrote:

> At 05:51 -0500 6/4/08, Leslie Bartlett wrote:
> 
> >>  I do all my work just like they did 120 years
> ago........
> >
> >Wow! impressive.  Bit and brace, hand saw, hand
> planes, no electric tools of
> >any sort. Amazing
> 
> Who needs electric tools when there's an overhead
> shaft to provide 
> all the motive power?  You think factories in 1890
> were turning out 
> thousands of pianos a year without machinery, and
> how do you think an 
> action factory managed to produce tens of thousands
> of actions per 
> year of a far higher quality and precision than we
> can dream of 
> today?  People have some very odd notions about
> methods, speed 
> quantity and quality 120 years ago.
> 
> And yes, of course animal glue is far better than
> any of these 
> pathetic modern substitutes.  All you have to do it
> learn to use it, 
> which seems to be beyond the wit of most people.
> 
> JD
> 
> 


Euphonious Thumpe


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