[pianotech] Trim & Moulding Glue

[Ron Nossaman]

On 12/10/2012 4:42 PM, David Love wrote:
> No, it's not the material's fault but materials that remove opportunities
> for mistakes without compromising quality I'm in favor of.

Absolutely. It's as much a matter of what you're comfortable with and 
can successfully use as anything. I've used hot hide from the first day 
I worked in a piano shop, learned to use it (super simple), and have 
never had the horror of the stuff that seems to be so common among 
techs. I don't recall anyone mentioning it recently, but glue crystals 
are essentially immortal, no shelf life, and are freeze/thaw stable like 
shellack flakes, which also make a good glue that is my first choice for 
sticking felt to plates. About a year ago, I finally used up the last of 
the first hundred pounds of hide glue I split with my father in law in 
the late 70s, with what he had left over when he passed. Still tasted 
just as fresh as when we bought it. <G> It cost more than the glue cost 
to ship it, but still had (has)the best cost/performance of any other 
glue I've ever used by at least a factor of ten.

As I said, whatever works for you.
Ron N