Easy Ivory removal

[Robin Stevens]

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 Michael...fold up some scrap cotton cloth to form  a strip 6 inches X 12=
-18
inches and have it about six layers thick.=0D
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Run the cloth under the tap, and then ring out well and place on top of t=
he
keys.=0D
If doing with a piano you aren't going to scrap, the keys should be taken
out of the frame and have the  key front hanging over the edge of the ben=
ch
to stop steaming the front bushings.=0D
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Then, when your wife is down the street borrow her iron and place on top =
of
the wet rag ( I REALLY would advise you to get a old iron for the worksho=
p)=0D
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After a short while a good amount of stream will emit from the rag. Start=
 at
the Bass end and if the temperature is OK you should be able to slowly mo=
ve
the iron along and at the same time with a knife or chisel loosen the top=
s.
When you come to the end of the rag remove it and run again under water a=
nd
ring out.=0D
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Most keytops  just fall off with the right amount of steam.=0D
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Regards=0D
Robin Stevens=0D
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From: Pianotech=0D
Date: 04/26/05 19:28:52=0D
To: pianotech@ptg.org=0D
Subject: Ivory removal=0D
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Hello Listers=0D
Any GOOD ideas for removing ivories from keys without damaging the ivorie=
s?
In this particular case the keys are to be disposed of (Bechstein Model 1=
0
vertical strung upright, 85 keys, Nr.74325) The attached action is also
being disposed of. The piano carcase has already been dumped. This is the
result of flooding up to the underside of the keybed. I need the space bu=
t
need the ivories intact. I could, I know, cut away the wood keys then chi=
p
away the remains of wood - but I wondered if one were to be in the positi=
on
of re-covering the keys what approach one would use to carefully remove t=
he
re-useable ivories.=0D
Regards=0D
Michael G.(UK)=0D
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