<!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 6.00.2800.1498" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Richard Gullion said: "<FONT = face="Times New Roman" size=3>Fish glue....half the price of cold hide glue..same = features...taks faster..ong shelf life"</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yikes! I thought I got rid of that dumb = idea! If you want glue joints to fail, just use fish glue! It is a very poor = substitute for hide glue. It will fail in moderate to high humidity situations, = every time.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I got a free piano, many years ago. On = putting it on the dolley, the bottom board fell off! By the time I got it down the = long ramp, (over stairs), the sides had fallen off, taking the key bed with = it. The only thing that was still on the dolley, was the back and the action = dangling from the action bolts! On investigation, it was put together with FISH = GLUE!! Over the years I've had similar situations with that stuff. Do not use it....ever.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've done many experiments on various = types of glue and found hide glue to be superior to all others, when used/prepared = properly, especially in action work.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>'Nuff said.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>