<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Vinegar softens old glue and makes taking apart process very easy in 23 seconds to 2 minutes after vinegar application.....Leave the vinegared parts alone-and after drying they are TIGHT again...Works great on loose hammer heads,shanks,butts,catchers....Try it on a klunker first.....Vinegar on piano benches might work to stop the sqeak...Installing Bench corner Brackets with Hanger Bolts in fool-proof method.....Good luck!! isaac<br><div><div>On Sep 24, 2008, at 3:25 PM, Marc Lanthier (Piano Lanco) wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div lang="EN-US" vlink="purple" link="blue"><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="936091922-24092008"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Vinegar (acetic acid) breaks the chemical bonds in the animal glues (protein). I think that it would weaken the joint.</font></span></div><div><font face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#0000ff" size="4"></font></font> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p align="left"><font face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#0000ff" size="4">Marc Lanthier</font><br>514-770-7438<br>1-877-PIANO10<br><a href="mailto:info@pianolanco.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">info@pianolanco.com<br></a><a href="http://www.pianolanco.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.pianolanco.com</a></font></p><div> </div><br><div class="OutlookMessageHeader" lang="en-us" dir="ltr" align="left"><hr tabindex="-1"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Brian Doepke<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>September 24, 2008 3:42 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>'Pianotech List'<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>loose wood joints<br></font><br></div><div></div><div class="Section1"><div style="font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Hello,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Did I read somewhere that vinegar can be used to tighten up wood joints….like the ones in old piano benches?<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Would anyone be able to confirm or deny this….and if not….what can be done to tighten the loose joints of an old bench?<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Thank you<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><i>Brian P. 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