Re: [Harp-L] $10 for a Chromatic?/broken button

["scooter" <10hole@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I only use solder Neil because I spend most of my time with a solder iron in hand. Anything that bonds well will work. 
You mentioned epoxy and Elizabeth mentioned Gorilla Glue. Both sound good to me. I like the idea that Elizabeth had 
to secure the pressure with books too. Personally I'm very impatient so I use the solder method and typically have burned 
my hands on the screw head long before it had cooled (too impatient to wait until cool to reassemble). Another thing that I usually do to the button before pre-assembaly is scuff it up and paint it. The slide can be sandwiched in tape and used to 
hold the button a good distance to spray. Yes it's true, I'm a little anal   ; - )

Scooter

  Scooter's solution to the broken chromatic button sounds
  like the best solution.

  Unfortunately, I lack the skill (and the talent)  to attempt brazing
  the cut-off Phillips button to the slide.  Here's what worked for
  me:

  I found a hex nut (stainless would be nice) with the appropriate 
  I.D. to just fit over the narrowed end of the slide where the button
  had broken off.  Then I  filled the cavities on both  sides of the
  slide with steel epoxy--the kind that comes in a cardboard tube
  and you knead to mix it with the activator.

  Not as pretty but it's quick and it works.

  Neil