On 12/10/2012 4:42 PM, David Love wrote: > No, it's not the material's fault but materials that remove opportunities > for mistakes without compromising quality I'm in favor of. Absolutely. It's as much a matter of what you're comfortable with and can successfully use as anything. I've used hot hide from the first day I worked in a piano shop, learned to use it (super simple), and have never had the horror of the stuff that seems to be so common among techs. I don't recall anyone mentioning it recently, but glue crystals are essentially immortal, no shelf life, and are freeze/thaw stable like shellack flakes, which also make a good glue that is my first choice for sticking felt to plates. About a year ago, I finally used up the last of the first hundred pounds of hide glue I split with my father in law in the late 70s, with what he had left over when he passed. Still tasted just as fresh as when we bought it. <G> It cost more than the glue cost to ship it, but still had (has)the best cost/performance of any other glue I've ever used by at least a factor of ten. As I said, whatever works for you. Ron N
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