<!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 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Really good site, Cy.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>What's the bet, that most of us are using glue, that is out of date. </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Ok, just guys, like me. :-(</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=741662027@theshusters.org href="mailto:741662027@theshusters.org">Cy Shuster</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 16, 2005 1:02 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Cold Hide Glue</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>About a year, according to Franklin (don't know how that works out in The Real World).  Franklin has a nice guide here (requires Acrobat Reader):</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A href="http://titebond.com/download/pdf/ww/GlueGuideTB.pdf">http://titebond.com/download/pdf/ww/GlueGuideTB.pdf</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I think Franklin puts an expiration date on theirs.  The guide above shows how to read the date code.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Bluefield, WV</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">John Ross</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 16, 2005 11:32 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Cold Hide Glue</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>What is the shelf life, of cold hide glue?</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></FONT></STRONG></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>