It is a set made in the 70's by my godfather who followed Colin ross's designs and advice. I used a hot hair dryer and pliers to pull off the ferrule and I think there is shellac underneath. So if I applied the solution and then allowed it to get sticky would that solve the evaporation issue?
Paul Scott Scott Cawley Ltd Sent remotely 086 3849967 On 15 Jan 2011, at 13:11, Anthony Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Francis and Paul > David B uses shellac on his silver mounted sets. > As Paul's set is made from lignum it won't be a Burleigh set. So > shellac seems to make sense in this case. > When it comes to pad fixing Mike Nelson's method of using a small piece > of flake shellac between pad and key in situ on the chanter and then > gentle pressing a hot soldering iron on the key until the molten > shellac reaches the edges of the key (easily observed) seems to work > well. It also heat forms the pad to seal nicely with any minor > irregularities in the chanter seating. > Anthony > --- On Sat, 15/1/11, Francis Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Francis Wood <[email protected]> > Subject: [NSP] Re: Shellac > To: "Paul Scott" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, 15 January, 2011, 12:39 > > Paul, this largely depends on what the pipe-maker has used in the first > place. > Shellac would be an appropriate material for antique pipes, fulfilling > two functions, both as an adhesive and a gap-filler. In this case the > material would be solid shellac rather than in solution which will > obviously change in volume through evaporation. > Most NSPs on this planet are made by David Burleigh, his total being > well in excess of 3000 sets. His preferred adhesive is UHU and that's > what I would recommend if you own one of those. > Francis > On 15 Jan 2011, at 11:56, Paul Scott wrote: >> After having fixed a leaky tuning bead fitting I have to replace the > brass ferrule and end stopper. Am I correct that shellac is the best > solution? I know that there are plenty of other adhesives but would > Shellac in alcohol be the stuff I am looking for? It us advertised as > sanding sealer and says on the label that it is pure shellac and > alcohol. They are lignum drones. >> >> Paul Scott >> >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
