Chipped ivories

[ed440 at mindspring.com]

Michelle-

The AcriliKey product is very easy to use if you are a handy, careful arts and crafts sort.  If you make a color mistake you chip it off and do it again.  If you make a poor bond it falls off, and you do it again.

It would be a good "extra" for a beginning technician to offer, since there aren't many complications to getting started.  You might pick up some jobs by offering your work to other technicians and piano dealers.

Similar repairs can be done by mixing CA or CE and powdered pigments, but AcriliKey will give you a good product right away.

Good luck!
Ed Sutton

-----Original Message-----
>From: Michelle Smith <michelle at cdaustin.com>
>Sent: Mar 22, 2006 2:31 PM
>To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Subject: Chipped ivories
>
>A couple of years ago, my 2 year old son knocked some small chips in  
>the ivories on my Mom's Steinway grand.  (He's still alive,  
>amazingly.)  I'm wondering if anyone has used the AcryliKey II  
>product and if so, how does it look when finished?  Also, I'm very  
>new to this field and can't decide whether to try it myself or send  
>it out to someone.  (There are about 4 keys that need repair.)   
>Thanks for your suggestions.
>
>Michelle Smith
>Student Tuner
>Bastrop, Texas