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<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">>...what glue was used to
install the hammers? I somehow suspect it wasn't hot
hide...</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">I just reset about 75 notes on
a grand which had new hammers</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">installed with hot hide glue
about 7 years ago.</font> I reglued them</div>
<div>with Bolduc's Wood Glue which I use exclusively now for
hammers</div>
<div>since I have experienced hot hide failure when using distilled or
tap</div>
<div>water and premium glue crystals.</div>
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Jon Page</div>
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