gluing ivories

[Gevaert Pierre]

Hi,

 

It will probably sound like a silly question but could someone explain me
what are glue wafers ?

 

Pierre

 

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De : pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] De la part
de Jurgen Goering
Envoyé : lundi 1 octobre 2007 19:07
À : pianotech
Objet : Re: gluing ivories

 

I am not sure I understand correctly:
Buy the expensive glue wafers, scrape off the glue and use it, throw away
the glue wafer? Doesn't sound practical or economical to use the wafer as a
source of white glue.

Personally, I use fish glue whitened with titanium dioxide which has been
mentioned as a whitener. So it is a whitened natural cold glue. I use it
with the heated brass claus to speed up the process. In some cases I paint a
coat of glue onto the ivory, key or both if the key is dark and the ivory
translucent. Let dry, then glue as usual.

Jurgen Goering


On Oct 1, 2007, at 8:08, W.B. wrote:

 One way of gluing ivories that I have not seen on the list. Take a couple
of ivory wafers and dip them in warm water. Scrape the glue off with a
butter knife on to some clean surface and then use that glue to replace the
ivories. Now that I think of it, one could scrape the glue directly to the
key top. 



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