[pianotech] Trim & Moulding Glue

[David Love]

Horror is just a bit hyperbolic.  Even one hammer coming loose is more than
I want, hardly a horror.  You can use hot hide glue to glue in soundboards
too, as they did for many years, but it's certainly more work and
uncertainty than I'd care to put myself through.  As Allan mentioned, the TB
Trim is about the only glue I've used so far that has not had a failure, at
least not yet.  

But you are right.  Whatever works for you.  

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 3:29 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Trim & Moulding Glue

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