I appreciate the great resource of this list. I've been lurking about for some time and learning from the many posts. A couple of days ago, I asked the question about PVC-E glue and key tops. It has been an impressive response, and very helpful to me. I took the easy road on this set of keys and went with the no-clamping solution. I have a clamp setup with trap springs exactly like David Love describes. I used it with pyralin back in the day. I was attempting to use that clamp system when I originally posted. The key was slip-sliding around on the key top, and I was frustrated! I suspect that the clamping arrangement would have worked fine if I had less squeeze-out and if I'd allowed a bit of "tack time" before clamping. This is my own piano, and I'm happy to experiment. I'm looking forward to the results of Debbie's experimental investigation. -- Duane McGuire 801-830-5858 http://blog.duanemcguire.com On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 10:06 AM, <pianolady50 at peoplepc.com> wrote: > Dear Listees, > > I am in the process of testing both PVC-E and Mike's European (Meuro). The > tests are straight gluing w/o clamping, w/clamping, w/clamping and w/glue > sizing, w/o clamping and w/glue sizing. Should be finished up this > evening. Will include a pick of an Oslund key clamping device with my > results. > > Debbie L. > Rockport, MA -- Duane McGuire 801-830-5858 http://blog.duanemcguire.com
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