Ivory Keytops - "Waterfall"

Wimblees@AOL.COM Wimblees@AOL.COM
Fri, 28 Jun 2002 13:57:42 EDT


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In a message dated 6/28/02 1:23:18 AM Central Daylight Time, 
claudia_cimenti@mail.com writes:


> I read that one occasionally does a "Waterfall" procedure on ivory keytops, 
> which consists of removing the lip.
> 
> Has any of you ever done this? What's the best tool for the job?
> Does it throw the pianist "off" not to have that lip?
> Any comments in general?
> 
> Just another newbie question... Thanks in advance for all your continued 
> help.
> 
> Regards,
> /Claudia
> 

There are some keys that were "waterfall." They had a nice round front. 
Filing off the front of ivory keys, to eliminate cracked ivory heads, is a 
different process. I am not a piano player, so I can't answer your question 
about how it feels when you play. But I can tell you it doesn't look very 
attractive if it isn't done perfectly. I've done it a few times when a 
customer didn't want to pay for new keytops. but also didn't want chipped 
keys. 

Wim

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