Keys

[Jon Page]

At 06:58 PM 03/10/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>To add a little to Keith and Willem's response, there is one sure way to
>tell ivory from plastic or celluloid.  However, be cautioned that this
>is a destructive test...... Hold a small sliver of the material in a
>flame.  Ivory will smell like burning hair; plastic like burning
>plastic; and celluloid will smell like burning fingers...(if you don't
>turn loose real quick!).  Seriously, the celluloid burns very
>rapidly....don't use a large piece (and don't ask).  If you are not
>adventurous, use a tweezer to hold the sliver..
>
>Tom Robinson
>East Tennessee - making pianos sound better......one spinet at a
>time....
> 


Very true, you know for sure when it is celluloid because it is difficult to
put out :-).


Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
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