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 Re: Closing structural cracks with hide glue
Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date:   2014-08-23 21:53

The famous stringed instrument repairman William Monical explained it to me this way:

Stringed instruments need attention at least twice a year. The thin wood parts shrink and swell with the seasons. The seams open up, and the wood can crack.

Rabbit hide glue is universally used in stringed instruments because it is NOT too strong. If the parts are attached with strong glue, the wood cracks. A violin made with epoxy would tear itself apart.

Hide glue is strong enough to hold everything together, but weak enough to give way when the parts "work." That's why every luthier's workbench has a pot of hot, smelly, messy hide glue.

Grenadilla, which is stable over the seasons, and which is used in instruments with thick walls, needs strong glue to fix cracks -- typically epoxy mixed with grenadilla dust to make it the same color as the instrument.

Ken Shaw
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