<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Duaine<div><br></div><div>A pneumatic is a disposable item.  It will take less time to make a complete set in the scenario that you are describing than to glue the splinters back together and hope you can stop the leakage.  If you have access to 8/4 Poplar, a planer, jointer, table saw and drill press you can make a set of 180 leaves in no time.</div><div><br></div><div>Norman Cantrell<br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 8/16/12, Duaine Hechler <i><dahechler@att.net></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Duaine Hechler <dahechler@att.net><br>Subject: [pianotech] Seeking a set of H.C Bay pneumatic bottoms ............<br>To: "MMD Mechanical Music Digest" <rolls-1201@mmdigest.com>, MMGFD@yahoogroups.com, PlayerPianoRebuilders@yahoogroups.com, pianotech@ptg.org<br>Date: Thursday, August 16, 2012, 4:52 PM<br><br><div class="plainMail">I am doing a partial rebuild of an Anderson piano that has the H. C. Bay player action.<br><br>As I've been prying off the pneumatics, the bottom boards (with the hole and glued to the stack) are shredding.<br><br>I think out of 44, so far, only about 4 have come off clean.<br><br>TIA, Duaine<br><br>-- Duaine Hechler<br>Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ<br>Tuning, Servicing&  Rebuilding<br>Reed Organ Society Member<br>Florissant, MO 63034<br>(314) 838-5587<br><a ymailto="mailto:dahechler@att.net" href="/mc/compose?to=dahechler@att.net">dahechler@att.net</a><br>www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com<br>--<br>Home&  Business user of Linux - 11 years<br><br></div></blockquote></div></td></tr></table>