Would any kind soul post a recipe for making your own ivory wafers? Thanks! David Vanderhoofven Joplin, MO At 01:21 PM 2/2/2005, you wrote: >Tom, > There are a few different schools of thought concerning the actual > purpose of the ivory glue wafer. For starters the wafer is a thin piece > of muslin cloth and this makes the ivory appear white, ivory is > translucent and the wafer shows through. The wafer also works as a medium > for holding glue, wood is porous and readily absorbs glue, ivory is > porous and absorbs glue also. So this wafer holds a fair amount of glue > to prevent a glue starved joint. Finally some believe that the wafer acts > as a expansion joint between the ivory and the keystick. I'm not to sure > this theory of an expansion joint is sound. Keys and their tops do > change dimensionally and at different rates with climate changes but > ivory was and still is today glued on with hot hyde glue. Hot hyde glue > has excellent creep and rigidity resistance so this property lessens that > theory if the wafer is saturated with hyde glue. Mike Morvan Blackstone > Valley Piano
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