[pianotech] Hide Glue - Was "Evil Glue"

[John Ross]

Just as a matter of interest Duaine, if you were recovering the bellows on a player, where do you do it?
If you remove the upper /lower assembly to your house.
We all, or a lot of us, just used an old table in a corner of the house, when starting out.
Do the same here, remove the action, replace the hammers, and return to the customer's house and travel them.
You can either make a template of the string indentations for matching, or do it every second hammer method.
John Ross,
Windsor, Nova Scotia.
On 20-03-2012, at 8:08 PM, Duaine Hechler wrote:

> On 03/20/2012 02:15 PM, Joseph Garrett wrote:
>> Duaine said: "So, since I don't have a real shop - just my basement - and I
>> need to replace hammers on an upright piano .......
>> 
>> At a customers' home, I'm supposed to drag, setup and use a hide glue pot
>> to hang the hammers .....
>> 
>> I don't think so.... just sayin'
>> 
>> FWIW, I've started to use fish glue."
>> 
>> Duaine,
>> The answer to the first thang is an unequivical: YES!! However, imo, you
>> shouldn't be putting a new set of hammers on," AT" a client's house! How
>> totally OLDE SCHOOL...as in get it together and make a space available that
>> is specific to quality action work. Even my 1st year students have such a
>> space. It's part of being a real Technician! Sheesh!
> 
> 
> It is called "getting it right" - I put on the new hammers - with - the action in the piano - so that each hammer is lined up and hitting the strings right - as well as - being correctly spaced and turned to the right angle !
> 
> Your way - means bringing the whole piano to my house - right ?
> 
> Duaine
> 
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