[pianotech] loose wood joints

[William Monroe]

Or, disassemble the bench, clean the joints and glue together again - viola
- tight wooden joints.  ;-]  Costs more to be sure, but avoids the
hardware.  Pick your poison.

William R. Monroe

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 9:19 PM, Isaac Sadigursky
<irs.pianos at earthlink.net>wrote:

> Hi,Brian!
> Vinegar will work temporarily in piano Bench...It works great on loose
> Hammer and Hammer Butt,Catcher joints..For loose bench corners I will
> reccomend installing Corner Brackets..Kimball made the best
> ones.Unfortunately,they are no longer available...Woodcraft sell o'k
> Brackets...Good luck   isaac
> On Jan 21, 2010, at 5:34 PM, Brian Doepke wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Is there a trick, or helpful hint, on getting wooden joints, like in an old
> bench , to become tight again.  Was something mentioned about white vinegar
> on the joints?
>
> Thank you,
>
> *Brian P. Doepke -RPT, M.Mus.*
>
>
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