Removing ivory without damaging it?

[Peter Burns]

Greetings list.  To answer Calin's question about ivory removal: I use an
ordinary household iron (not the one from home!) and a well soaked cloth.
Place the wet (but not dripping of course) cloth over the key top and apply
the hot iron for a few seconds. this will soften the glue without damaging
the ivory.
Regards,  Peter.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Calin Tantareanu" <dnu@fx.ro>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 6:44 PM
Subject: Removing ivory without damaging it?


> Hello,
>
> Could someone please tell me how to remove the ivory from piano keys
without
> damaging it? I want to save the keytops for another piano.
>
> Regards,
>
>
>  Calin Tantareanu
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