soundboard shims & glue

[John W. McKone]

>
>I now use Tite-bond, but I still hurry.  This is how;
>
>       place a strip of masking tape as close to the edge of the groove as
>possible, then lay a bead of titebond along the length of the tape.  The shim
>is then laid on the glue bead, flipped over and the other side of the shim is
>laid on the glue, and then the shim is pressed in.  Total time between
>wetting the shim and wedging into the  groove is about 6 seconds.  The tape
>allows you to scrape up the excess glue, and if everything is clean, you can
>pour it back into the glue bottle. The tape also provides a surface to pencil
>in an index mark to match   one on the shim for locating.
>     I have many repairs like this in my customer base, and they all seem to
>be very durable.
>
>I know there are other ways to do this, and I am all ears    8;)
>Ed Foote
>
Ed,

I take it you then support the idea that a soft glue (like Tite-bond) is
appropriate for this application.

Do you have any problems with shims swelling, or can you get them in before
that happens?

John W. McKone, RPT
Operations Manager
Haugen's Pianos
Twin Cities