<HTML><BODY STYLE="font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>So Joe</DIV> <= DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   WHERE exactly does one buy the good st= uff, the 3 x chrome hide glue and what are its special qualities?</D= IV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>  Thanks----Dale E.</DIV> <DIV> </DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEF= T: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style== "FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message -----</DIV> <DIV style="BACKG= ROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR: black"><B>From:</B> Joseph Garre= tt</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 23= , 2001 7:53 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> pianotech= @ptg.org</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> Hide Glue = "Pearl"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>List,<BR>I've done some study on the diffe= rent types of hide glue, (and there are<BR>many!), "pearl" glue is a subs= tandard variety IMO. The best I have found is<BR>3XChrome, which I buy in= large quantities. I sell it to my chapter members<BR>and those who need = the really "good" stuff.<BR>To give you examples of the many types, there= are ground glues of many<BR>different grades. There are flake glues whic= h are usually better grade.<BR>There are Sheet glues which are in the sub= standard class, along with pearls.<BR>All of those basic categories have = many different grades and this is just<BR>the tip of the iceberg, so to s= peak.<BR>Regards,<BR>Joe Garrett, RPT<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>