•Having just returned from a week away I have been catching up on my news. Mentioned in MMD 990616 from Roger Waring: > Firstly, a glue that I use for soft goods on piano actions and for > covering pneumatics on players: Copydex. It is a glue for hobbyists, > advertised for use where the application...

•John Page writes about Copydex glue. He states that he has "used Copydex for a some time and can vouch for is suitability on disc valves. However, as it is basically a rubber solution..." I wonder if Copydex is the same glue as Pliobond, here in the USA. Pliobond is a rubber based glue, usually gol...

•John Kleinbauer said: > "Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your > door." The saying should be "Make a glue that sticks and lasts and > you will own the world". Then he wrote: > The roller organ I am building now is built from 1/4" gray PVC plastic > and it is held together ...

•Mention of Copydex glue tempts me out of my box as a dedicated non-restorer. I'm one of those folk who will obligingly get your player going for another two or three years and will not normally be heard from on an august forum such as MMD, being aware that real restorers do not descend to the exped...

•I have been using my "Hold Heet" (sic) glue pot and am quite happy with it, except for the following problem: As the pot holds a quart of glue and I would prefer to make up small batches of glue as I need them, I have been using the pot as a double boiler, putting water in it and suspending a small...

•To prevent your Hold-Heet gluepot from getting pitted, don't use the aluminum basket that comes with it. The old pots used copper. But today, a Vlassic Dill Pickle jar is just right. Cover the jar with a plastic lid, about the same size as used for a can of tennis balls, or the little individual se...

•My first "Hold-Heet" glue pot, which I purchased circa 1964, has a copper inner pot. It has never corroded. In the 1980s, I bought a second "Hold-Heet" pot so two of us in thew shop could use hot glue at the same time. (We often keep thicker glue for pumps in one, and thinner glue for pouches in th...

•Re: 990920 MMDigest Jurgen Goering was having problems with pitting in the "hold heet" glue pot. Jurgen!! you are very lucky you haven't electrocuted yourself. The glue pot was NEVER meant to be used without the liner and it also leaks water into the bottom of the pot. I would suggest you take out ...

•Keeping the brush from the deep plunge has always been a problem. When Craig Brougher mentioned using Styrofoam peanuts I saw the practical benefits of this method. However, once I left the pellets in overnight and they somewhat disintegrated; I guess some are water soluble in order for them to be ...

•Hello all, I like hot glue and would never use anything else on instrument work! The glue I use is all from the 1950s still. Others say it smells really badly but I cannot smell it at all. Guess I got so used to it over the years. Sometimes I amuse (and disgust) visitors by explaining and demonstra...

•If a novice can try to reconcile a couple of opinions here, I think that everyone is correct. The older guys involved in manufacturing and production didn't care for hot glue because it was not great to work with. They were not concerned with restoration. The restorers like it because it makes it e...

•Goatboy on glues, or "What happens to old Centaurs?" (They become glue of the Gods.) As a rebuilder and Amish-trained cabinet maker I have a few opinions on glues. I very happy to see the posts by Mr. Bullock and Mr. Brougher, giving directions on how to use hot glue. When I first started out rebui...

•I can't resist responding to the discussion of the use of hot glue in restoration work. To restore something, especially a mechanical musical instrument, is to make it like it was when it was new. It does not mean to "improve it", or for that matter to alter it in any way. Hot glue has characterist...

•Nick Hoad -- Welcome to MMD! [000831 MMD] I think if you try the hot hide glue, you will find that it is a lot easier to use than some might lead you to believe. Having to heat it, add water periodically and stirring is somewhat of a pain, but the superiority of the results greatly outweighs these ...

•Response to Nick Hoad from 000831 MMDigest. As I have said before, I am still a neophyte in regards to organ construction. However, I have been following the ongoing adhesives debate and I feel that many people are missing the point. If you are restoring a historical piece, and want to maximize its...

•I think that we should put this hot glue business to bed, once and for all!! Anyone who has spent hours with wire wool, sandpaper, petrol, meths, white spirit and many other solvents, trying to clean off the disgusting mess that other types of glue leave, will know the answer to this question. Also...

•The following website not only offers tips on using hot hide glue properly, it also tells you how to become a proud owner of a glue pot for less than $20! http://WWW.spurlocktools.com/id46_technical_tips.htm The recent postings regarding donating to versus paying for the MMD have been taking up so ...

•I was lucky enough to visit the restoration shops at the Museum van Speelklok tot Pierement in Utrecht, Netherlands. There, I saw restoration progressing on a large Carl Frei fairground organ, the 105-key "De Schuyt". I asked about the glue being used, which looked like our white glue sold in North...

•Greetings Bill: In my experience with leather and wood, the hot glue is best because it will not cause damage to either of the two materials. An excellent book, "The Aging of Organ Leathers", is available about the why and how of leather failure. The Organ Literature Foundation and the Organ Histor...

•Fish glue has a shelf life. Try to get it from a supplier who is apt to go through a fair amount and not have it sitting around for a long period of time. Also, you can store it in the refrigerator to help slow down the deterioration process. This is also true for hide glue and shellac flakes. Try ...