Thank so much Bruno! Best, Vlad On 27 Jul 2011, at 15:16, Bruno Fournier wrote:
> Try to find Ray Nurse, he's the best luthier in town and I believe he also > teaches lute at UBC. > > There's alos Clive Titmuss in Kelowna BC: > > http://www.clivetitmuss.com/instruments_photos.asp > > both build lutes and guitars, but I'm sure they can help you out. > > Bruno > Montreal, Quebec > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 8:33 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Vlad-- > I am sure that my understanding of the problem is faulty, but since you > mentioned a "clean" break, I would suggest that the emergency situation would > be best repaired by an application of glue Hot Stuff. I know that it is > heresy to suggest anything less than rebuilding the thing with fresh wood and > hide glue, but due to my interactions with woodcarvers and a similar > emergency, I was led to this glue. although it is not a hide glue, it does > have a solvent if you ever want to dissassemble the instrument. It involves > merely squeezing the water-like glue in the problem area, after which you > have about 10 seconds (I've been able to use a window as large as 20) to > clamp it into place. I have closed checks in very hard woods by putting the > glue into the crack, then clamping the thing an a vise, then spraying the > accelerant. Works like a charm, and never saw the fault again. > There is a thicker version if the break is not clean or perfect, but I have > never used it. Then you can wait a few hours for a full cure, or spray on the > handy-dandy accelerant, which cures it instantly. This glue has done > emergency repairs to fingers on carved wooden puppets, and other things that > would otherwise be considered too tiny or too much under stress to repair in > any other way. My memory seems to also hint that I've repaired an instrument > that way, which accounts for my sudden emergency to find a quick fix, but the > details elude me. You might or might not want to lightly sand the area with > 200 grit sandpaper, but I have never done so, and if the item ever broke > again, it was not along the original break line. I would like to stress that > this is not Super Glue, which gives you like a year's service, then gives up. > I just had to repair a chipped eyelid on a puppet , which was very, very > thin, and found that I was carving on it and then was enchanted to find that > when I applied finish, the glue did not discolor at all, even though there > was some on the surface. > This will give you a view of the product: > http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/hot/hoths-4.htm > It is available all over the US, and probably obtainable in the UK. Suggest > you get the thinner, in case you glue yourself to the product, but I have > never needed it, because by the time I had clamped the item, I was spraying > the accelerant from 4 inches away. > Alice > > In a message dated 7/27/2011 12:38:00 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > 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. 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