Carol, I recall a friend of mine once had a small insulated box in his car that both heated and cooled from the car battery. I have no idea how much something like that would cost or how efficient it would be. I suspect that a well insulated box wouldn't take much power. I left him a message and when he calls back I'll ask him. Carl Meyer Assoc. PTG Santa Clara, California cmpiano@home.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol R. Beigel" <crbrpt@bellatlantic.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 8:15 AM Subject: very clever repairs > Thank you Terry and Susan. It's little tips like these that make it worth > navigating the forests and swamps of Pianotech through the years! Since I > can't reply to the digest, bravo to: > > Terry Farrell- using a pinblock support jack as a clamp > > Susan Kline - using PVC or white glue on one side of the joint, and CA on > the other - no clamp > > Anyone have any ideas on storing glue in your car and keeping it from > freezing during the winter? > > Carol Beigel > > > > > > That said, I've started using the white glue (or Titebond) - CA glue trick > to glue split keys when the joint is long and easy to assemble right. > > I spread white glue, fairly copiously, on one piece of key along all > the split area, and then put quite a few drops of CA glue as quickly as > I can on the other piece. Then I assemble the key as well as I can, > paying attention to angles and getting edges flush, and also paying > attention to the flatness of the bottom face. I wipe off the squeeze > out, and set it aside for a few minutes. > > So far this has worked well. No sign of any of them splitting again, > and so far they have fit okay. > > Susan > > >
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