Forget hide glue - it stinks to high heavens, is a nightmare to get to original consistency unless hermetically sealed and temperature-controlled stored.
Huh? No way. You can either get it pre-mixed and in liquid form, or you buy the chips, put them in water on a double burner or a baby bottle warmer and just warm it up. The glue goes down warm, it has a reasonably pleasant odor (certainly doesn't stink to high heavens) and works as advertised. You can buy the glue chips/flakes from places like Woodworker's Supply. Ortolan must have been using this stuff from a different planet because my experience (albeit on pianos - but dozens of them) certainly is diametrically opposite from what he is espousing.
