PVC-E?

[Jon Page]

Hi Ed,
I never tried PVC-E on ivories. Since the cloth is in tact,
I would have used hot hide glue with show white (5:1).
I like PVC-E for plastics though.
To soften bond, heat?
Jon Page
Cape Cod. Mass
jpage@capecod.net
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At 01:48 PM 11/29/96 -0500, you wrote:
>GREETINGS;
>   I  was given a piano last month,  a 1926 Jesse French, in a custom case.
> When I looked at it, I was told the piano had not been touched in 30 years.
> What I saw was perfect ivories.   As soon as I touched the keys,  the heads
>scattered like dried leaves!  The entire keyboard had loosened, but since no
>one touched it,  the tops were all laying there ,perfectly in place, but
>completely free.  It was bizarre.
>
>     I have been regluing them with PVC-E.  It seems to work well,  as the
>underside of the ivory was clean, and the whiting on the keys was untouched.
>
>
>     What I would like to ask of those that have been using this stuff for a
>while,
>How do you undo it?  Heat?  Moisture?  how sensitive is it?
>
>     Yea, yea,...... I might have found one crooked after the clamp came off,
> and just supposing I did,  what would be the easy way to loosen this stuff,
> if you really wanted to take no chances on ruining one of set?  ?  (:)}}}}}}
>
>Thanks,
>ED Foote
>Precision Piano Works
>Nashville, Tn
>
>

Jon Page
Cape Cod. Mass
jpage@capecod.net
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