At 03:25 PM 5/30/97 -0400, you wrote:

>  Ok I will be the first to admit that pvc-e is not the easisest stuff
> to remove from wood. . . The only problem with any type of rebuilding
> method is  you can't see what your actions will do thirty years hence...
> . . .  pvc-e is very flexable & will not crack & flake like shellac.

Then I take it you have not tried to rebuild a player with this glue in
it.  Having recently reworked primary and secondary valves with this as
sealer I was able to form a preference. Since it was a major headache,
I wouldn't inflict this upon some unsuspecting rebuilder in the future.
But I'm sure by then they will be well aware of all the sure-fire methods
employed near the end of the last century, placing instruments rebuilt
with time honoured methods at a premium. This form of planned
obsolescence is needed to minimize rebuilding efforts later on.
The glue method may prove to be useful, I prefer not to experiment.

Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)