Key Bushing Glue

[Mike and Jane Spalding]

List, especially users of anything besides hide glue in key bushings:

Today I set aside the afternoon to remove and replace the front rail
bushings in a set of keys from a M&H BB.  I clamped the keys, inverted them,
soaked the bushings with wallpaper paste remover, waited 20 minutes, and....
nothing.  Bushings still firmly attached to the keys with hard white stuff.
After almost an hour of soaking, they began to peel off, leaving a thick
gloppy layer of white on both the old bushings, and the inside of the
mortise.  So the afternoon is shot, the keys need overnight to dry out, and
I won't be returning the keys tomorrow as promised.

Please learn to use hot hide glue.

thanks,

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: Clyde Hollinger <cedel@supernet.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: Key Bushing Glue


> Newton,
>
> Thanks for your input.  I want to believe you, but I will be doing a
little research,
> just to convince myself.  The key bushings I've replaced so far were in
pianos of
> lesser value and are not likely to get the keys rebushed again in their
lifetimes.
>
> Regards,
> Clyde
>
> Newton Hunt wrote:
>
> > Elmer's Glue-All is a milk derived casine glue, which when cured, will
> > be nearly impossible to remove without wood tear out because it is far
> > stronger than the wood and it is not soluble by anything that is safe
> > for humans or wood.  Cure time is 24 to 48 hours.  Set time is about two
> > hours, depending upon how much water is in the glue.
>
>
>
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