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From: jak@mtune.UUCP (Jim Kutsch)
Newsgroups: net.rec.wood
Subject: ungluing
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Date: Wed, 26-Mar-86 16:57:28 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 26 16:57:28 1986
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I am rebuilding a 63  year  old  player  piano  and  am  having  trouble
breaking glued joints apart on the pneumatics.  Anyone have any hints on
softening old ground animal glue joints?  The best method I  have  found
from  books on player piano restoration is to break the joint by driving
a thin putty knife between the pieces but the pieces being  removed  are
3/8"  maple  strips 1x6" and they are splitting and breaking rather than
the glue joint!

Thanks in advance,

Cheers, Jim