[pianotech] not so evil glue?

[Ron Nossaman]

On 3/21/2012 8:08 AM, Leslie Bartlett wrote:
> For those of us with no shop, who do very few “significant” repairs, is
> white Elmer’s glue strong enough to hold things without getting the
> people who might follow after into major griping? This isn’t expected
> for rebuilding things, ok. But for in-the-field repairs I’ve been using
> Titebond, which I have been told actually can be removed. If moving
> “down” notch is helpful, I’m glad to carry the white stuff instead.


I consider Elmers to be almost utterly worthless in piano work. The only 
acceptable (to me) use I've found for the stuff is for sizing loose key 
balance holes, because it's not hard enough to make noise. Otherwise, I 
consider it junk.

Ron N