Hi,William ! I normally, re-glue joints BEFORE installing Corner Brackets,Leg Hanger Bolts and Flat+Lock Washers and a Hex Nut...It works... In the past I had ordered Bench Brackets from Kimball through late Roger Weisensteiner by thousand... They worked great and easy to adopt to most benches.. isaac On Jan 21, 2010, at 7:36 PM, William Monroe wrote: > 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. >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100121/a4c6efa8/attachment.htm>
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