glue for bushings

[paul bruesch]

Not that it's 100% consolation, but you do get double the labor charge then,
don't you??
Mr. B..... no wait, that's my dad... Paul Bruesch, Stillwater, MN

On Jan 4, 2008 5:54 PM, AlliedPianoCraft <AlliedPianoCraft at hotmail.com>
wrote:

>  Right on Michael...............You don't want to hear what I have to say
> when I get a set of key that have been rebushed with something other than
> hide glue. Doubles my rebush time.
>
> Mr. G
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* MICHAEL MORVAN <keymaestro at verizon.net>
> *To:* Pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
> *Sent:* Friday, January 04, 2008 6:03 PM
> *Subject:* glue for bushings
>
> List,
>     At the risk of being lynched, burnt at the cross or forced to listen
> to rap music, I feel I must question why someone would use any other glue
> than hide glue on WEAR items.  WEAR items being bushings especially.
> Bushings are replaced so often one could make a good living solely replacing
> them, and when they are put in originally from the manufacturer or replaced
> by the technician with a glue that does not release from the pores of wood
> the nightmare begins. If one is looking for the convenience of a glue in a
> squirt bottle like Titebond or Elmer's and does not want to deal with hot
> hide glue then use cold hide glue, it is readily available and strong as can
> be, and more importantly it is EASILY REVERSIBLE, thus sparing the next
> technician much grief. An ounce of prevention prevents a pound of cure. With
> EVERY keyboard and button manufacturer except myself using a PVA based glue
> on their bushings in the buttons and mortises, I feel for the next
> generations of technicians having to deal with this preventable problem.
> Think hide glue, love hide glue.   Mike
>
> Michael A. Morvan
> Blackstone Valley Piano
> Dedicated To Advancing The Art Of Keyboard Restoration
> 76 Sutton Street
> Uxbridge, Ma. 01569
> (508) 278-9762
> Keymaestro at verizon.net
> www.pianoandorgankeys.com
>
> www.thepianorebuilders.com
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