<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2995" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>v\:* { BEHAVIOR: url (#default#vml) } </STYLE> <STYLE>v\:* { BEHAVIOR: url (#default#vml) } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 5px 10px 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bgColor=#ffffff background="" scroll=yes> <DIV><FONT size=2>I am generally familiar with the term "high solids", but am not familiar with it being used to describe an adhesive (forgive me, I may simply be ignorant about that). Are you using the term as it might imply good gap-filling properties?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>If you shim the gap properly - and you really want to do that to place and orient the knuckle consistently - you will have a snug-fitting assembly, and thus any good wood glue will work fine - hide glue, Titebond, etc.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ltpianoman@adelphia.net href="mailto:ltpianoman@adelphia.net">Larry Trischetta</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 03, 2006 5:11 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Knuckle question</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <TABLE id=INCREDIMAINTABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0><TBODY> <TR> <TD id=INCREDITEXTREGION style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" width="100%"> <DIV>Ed, and all who replied... Thanks for your valued advise. With all the input on this , I think I will use these knuckles and shim the gap, make sure the knuckle is perpendicular and all are uniform distance from the center pin and use high solid glue... Which raises the question; are hide glue and wood glue high solid glues?</DIV> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV>Larry Trischetta</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><I>-------Original Message-------</I></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=receivestrings> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>From:</B></I> <A href="mailto:A440A@aol.com">A440A@aol.com</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>Date:</B></I> 12/3/2006 8:03:50 AM</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>Subject:</B></I> Re: Knuckle question</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><< knuckles to install and the wood core is slightly</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>narrower than the slot (it reaches the bottom). Is it acceptable to install</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>and let the glue fill in the gap or should I shim it with paper or anything</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>else? Or is it un >></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The integrity of the shank assembly is critical.  Upon impact, the transient</DIV> <DIV>forces will make a rattle out of virtually anything that is not tight. A good,</DIV> <DIV>high solids glue should be ample for this, but it is really important that</DIV> <DIV>the cores are exactly perpendicular to the shank and that you have a consistant</DIV> <DIV>distance the center pin.  Otherwise, the resulting erratic geometry will</DIV> <DIV>interject a variable into your regulation.</DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ed Foote RPT</DIV> <DIV><A href="http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html">http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html</A></DIV> <DIV><A href="http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html">www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD id=INCREDIFOOTER width="100%"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="100%"></TD> <TD id=INCREDISOUND vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD> <TD id=INCREDIANIM vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><SPAN id=IncrediStamp><A href="http://www.incredimail.com/index.asp?id=99000"><SPAN border="0" name="imgCache"><IMG alt="FREE emoticons for your email! click Here!" src="cid:003a01c7173d$06595470$0201a8c0@DESKTOP" border=0></SPAN></A></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>