Greetings Vlad, Bummer! I am thinking of one of Murphy's lesser known laws: "Before you can do what you want to do you must do somthing else first". We can ship immediately whatever you need and do it next day express if you like. Will keep an eye on this thread so we are available, or contact us [email protected]. In a pinch you can use a heavy cotton fabric for reinforcement of a glued area. In your case it sounds like you would need to do many small pieces that would be carefully saturated with adhesive and placed so as to not interfere with keys but still span the crack gap to reinforce the area. I would recommend that you use an epoxy in this case so that the wood does not expand with the water that is in a typical alaphatic resen glue such as titebond. Yes, an epoxy would be my 1st choice and one that sets relatively fast 6-30min. You will need to mix several batches because when it begins to fire (get thick) it progressively looses its ability to adhere. Of course use great care to not get it on the keys. Toothpicks work well for mixing and applying this. The other adhesive to consider with a fabric reinforcement is gel super glue or a medium consistency super glue. Use lots of ventilation with this as asthmatics often react to its fumes. If you select to use a gel place the adhesive on the cleaned wood area and apply the gel then push your trimmed reinforcement patch into it with a tooth pick watching that squeezout does not get on something that you do not want stuck. Most hardwares, craft stores, and home improvement stores have thes. Pleased to help in any way we can Mel
From: Matthew Szostak <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 7:16 AM Subject: Re: [HG-new] Gurdy repair materials: Urgent help needed in Vancouver BC Hi Vlad- Obviously I can't do much to help from Maine, but I'll continue the discussion - if nothing else, it'll keep people's attention! What kind of wood do you want, and in what dimensions? ~ Matt > Dear all, > > Sorry that I've been mostly lurking the list these days--my new job in > Ireland has been keeping me quite busy! > I'm writing to ask for a small bit of help: Just yesterday when I was > taking out my organistrum that I use with ensemble Sequentia, to my horror > I discovered that the lid had come clean off--by cracking cleanly across > the weak areas of the key slots on the back of the keybox. Since the > keybox is open in the direction of the wheel, and the glue line on the > tuning pins end failed, there is nothing keeping the back of the keybox > from coming off, so I now have a lid and a chunk of keybox held together > by hinges, and the rest of the organistrum itself, keys in just the front > slots of the keybox. Mirculously, whatever prompted the break of the > keybox didn't cause any damage to the rest of the instrument, so it plays > the strings fine. > > I am enroute to Vancouver from Ireland (writing this as I travel to the > airport) and arrive tonight, Wednesday. This weekend I have a concert with > Sequentia, and teach a two-week workshop (need the HG for the concert, not > essential for the course, but would be nice). I'm confident I can repair > it before then, and so I brought a first-aid kit of tools and some small > 'harigane' clamps with me. However, I couldn't get any wood for the > repair, and so I am wondering if there are any luthier friends in the > area, on the list or folks some of you may know, that might be able to > help me source some wood I'll need for the repair (not yet sure if I will > just make cleats for the back inside of the keybox wall, or make a thin > but strong reinforcing wall to glue to the inside of the keybox once the > pieces have been mated. Any thoughts on this would also be appreciated, as > I haven't done this kind of repair before. > > So, if any of you are, or know, luthiers (any kind!--or even good > woodworkers) who might be able to help me with this some time Thursday, > that would be great. THanks so much! > > Vlad > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "hurdygurdy" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy > > The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at > http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from > new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster.
