David, I remember doing something a long time ago that seemed to raise the grain. Try cleaning the surface with alcohol and see what happens. Paul S. Larudee, RPT Richmond, CA David Love wrote: > Newton/Farrell: > > The wear idea seems to make sense except that the keyboard in question is > uniformely grainy from top to bottom. It is unlikely that the keyboard > would have received uniform playing to accomplish such an effect. Clearly > the keytops were made that way. (Farrell: I am not refering to cupping, > that is something quite different). However, the idea that some of the > rings are softer makes sense and I wonder if the keytops aren't etched to > break down the softer rings and, in effect, raise the grain. This also > suggests that a replacement keytop may not have the same consistency and > therefore not respond in the same way to a new etch. Any thoughts??? > > David Love > > >From: nhunt@jagat.com (Newton Hunt) > >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org > >To: pianotech@ptg.org > >Subject: Re: ivory grain > >Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 09:47:10 -0400 > > > > > I am wondering what the technique for doing this is. > > > >Play with it a lot. > > > >Raised grain is caused by different rings having softer > >layers than others and the fingers wear the softer grains > >than the harder ones. > > > >Good ivory comes from healthier elephants and have growth > >rings of consistent density and hardness. > > > >So, find a soft ring ivory and play with it. > > > > Newton > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com.
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