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Restoring 65/88-note Themodist Player Action
By James Harrap

Hi,  This is my first post so hope it is correct.  I have recently
started on restoring the 65/88-note Themodist from an early Steck
piano.  Every single one of the pneumatic cloth bellows were cracked
and falling to dust.  I have now completed the top deck pneumatics
(all 29 of them) and hope to attach of them back to the rail.

When I dismantled them, there was this purplish colour of gasket left.
I am wondering what gasket material and glue I should use.

I tried an experimental glue-up of (home made) burnt shellac on some
spare wood; it made a right mess and took a couple of days to go off.

When I pulled at the joint, it came apart quite easily, so next I tried
putting a gasket of blotting paper in, and using hot animal glue.  This
seems to really do the trick and I haven't been able to pull it apart.
So I am thinking of using for the pneumatics, blotting paper gaskets
and hot glue.  It looks as if it will be airtight.  Anybody's comments?

Regards
James Harrap
Brisbane, Australia


(Message sent Thu 17 Apr 2008, 05:57:16 GMT, from time zone GMT+0800.)

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