Oversize Pins and Mandolin Bars
By Damon Atchison
I've heard lots of different things about glues. I'd like a glue pot soon, meaning: I don't have time to go garage sailing (to use a friend's phrase), so how much does a new hot glue pot cost in a hardware store? I tried to find some hot glue in Home Depot (one of those mega-stores that sell everything hardware) and I had to ask where it was and typically I was handed the response, "Uh ... I .... Uh, We don't have anything like that, ... er, ... The glue guns are in the tool isle."
I wasn't too happy. I'm planning just to get the one pound bag from the Player Piano Co. in KS. I did find shellac, though, in a can pre-mixed with alcohol which I bought. I couldn't find the crystals in a bag though.
I was thinking too, about using cellophane as a pouch board leather substitute, not for anything important, just for a model valve I'm building. It would be for an experiment.
Has anyone ever put oversized pins in a piano pinblock to save time and money instead of replacing the whole block? I don't want to use Pin-Tite or any other shortcuts, I want to do this right, except for this pinblock which I don't want to take apart.
What about separate valves too on an orchestration to a player piano? I think separate valves would be easier to maintain and assemble, plus, they could be portable! You could mount each one in a different location on the piano.
Are mandolin bars damaging to your piano in any way? I wouldn't want to shorten the life of it if I rebuild the piano.
Damon Atchison
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