> While nothing I can say here will, by itself, change their mind,
> to those who are still on the fence about it, I would like to say this;
> A player restored with yellow glue throughout is practically
> unrebuildable the second time. You have rebuilt it for the last time

BRAVO !
I completely agree with the entire post, but only forward this portion.

Just this week, I was doing an old piano a favor; new keytops, dampers,
case touch-up. An old clunker I got on a trade-in years ago, but I
didn't want to throw it away. I elected to recover the pneumatics, what
the heck, I've gone this far; and since it was 'rebuilt' some years
ago, bellows, motor, tracker, etc were 'working'. We were breaking down
the stack when it occured to me, CHECK THE GLUE JOINT -  WHITE GLUE.
RUN !  I just put it back together.   I'll just sell the piano as an
old upright w/ a non-working player.  I don't need the aggrevation on a
spec job.  Now, the pneumatics would be working better had the
'rebuilder'  knew what he was doing. The sharp crease from clamping had
worn thru.  I'm not certain of the 'expert rebuilder' but there was a
guy around here years ago who did more harm than good, boasting '3
generations of piano men'. Now there is someone boasting '4 generations
of piano men', the saga continues. I really hate going in and cleaning
up that blue gunk plastered aroung valve plates, sealing pumpers,
etc...  One job was after 2 of these 'silicone cualking experts' had
their turns at it.  'Nuff said.    back to work...

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Jon Page
Cape Cod. Mass
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