Stephen Birkett wrote: > And I don't think *all* old methods are best. I do use electricity. And I > heat my glue in a coffee percolator rather than an open fire, which I > doubt would be very popular in my basement anyway. Seriously, I am only > suggesting that you modern guys and gals learn the old ways the way they > *really* were, rather than how we were always told they were, so that you > can assess properly their relevance to the modern piano. Don't forget I'm > the one that wants to use computer simulation to analyse early > pianos...you can't get more modern than that. But you still rough-up the surface of wood prior to gluing even though we now understand that animal hide glue is a very poor gap filler and what you're doing is introducing gaps into the glue line. (See R. Bruce Hoadly's articles in Fine Woodworking from a couple of years back.) --ddf
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