ivorine

[Annie Grieshop]

Oho:  steam heat to loosen the glue.  Of course!  I've used the knife-pry
approach... and am now trying to figure out how to rebuild the wood where it
peeled off so beautifully (and rapidly, in the blink of an eye), along with
the top, because I simply wasn't observant/knowledgable enough.  Any
suggestions on that one?

Thanks (in advance again) for not being too loud while shaking your heads in
disbelief at how little I know, but I'm only about 2-1/2 years into the biz.
I absolutely love the work, but I've got such a lot to learn.....  And I'm
coming to it late (in my family, one did academics -- one did NOT become a
piano tuner, so it wasn't 'til I was 45 that I started doing what I'd wanted
to do all along ---- oh, but I'm making up for it now and having a BALL!),
so I thank each and every one of you for this education.

Annie

>
> I use a moist towel strip and a hot iron to steam/heat ivories before
> removal and a dry towel strip and hot iron to just heat the
> plastic keytops.
> Those pesky plastic tops that have a dozen perpendicular cracks per keytop
> come of in pieces with difficulty, but otherwise it's an easy chore. Use a
> knife blade. Sometimes I get them warm enough that they really stretch if
> you pull them off.
> Ken Jankura rpt
> Fayetteville PA