---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment At 09:00 AM 10/25/2001 -0700, you wrote: >Greetings, > >Is there something one can do about ivories that have splits or cracks >parallel to the key stick? Acryikey is a good choice to fill chips, but what >does one do to stabilize the cracks? >Best regards >Jim McCormac, RPT >Fallbrook, CA AK II will fill the cracks as well. you need to clean the dirt out and dress the edges. First the ivory needs to be secure to the key stick. Wick a little water under the ivory and clamp with a heated brass plate. I prefer to use a thin whitened hot hide glue instead of plain water. Regards, Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage2001@mediaone.net http://www.stanwoodpiano.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/7b/1b/32/88/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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