I just happened to notice this the other day on Stewart MacDonald (guitar repair oriented company): http://bit.ly/82lm2m I'm sure Pianotek and/or Schaff have something as well Paul Bruesch Stillwater, MN On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 7:37 AM, Duane McGuire <pianoman at duanemcguire.com>wrote: > Black penetrating dye? What product do you recommend? > > On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 6:21 AM, Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft < > AlliedPianoCraft at hotmail.com> wrote: > >> I agree with William. And if you have a problem with color wear, just >> swipe them with some black penetrating dye and buff. They'll look like new. >> >> Al >> >> >> *From:* William Monroe <bill at a440piano.net> >> *Sent:* Monday, November 30, 2009 8:12 AM >> *To:* pianotech at ptg.org >> *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] Selecting Keytop Replacement >> >> Matthew, >> >> If the sharps are in good condition, just clean and buff them and IME, >> they will match up just fine. >> >> William R. Monroe >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net>wrote: >> >>> Good evening, >>> >>> I will be sending a set of keys to Leon for top/front replacement this >>> week. I just wanted to ask your opinions. >>> >>> The piano is a 1948 Baldwin M. The whites are chipped, some are missing, >>> etc. The sharps actually look fairly good. Now, I was first just going to >>> request whites only. Leon uses the molded tops/fronts. Then I realized >>> that quite possibly when I got them back and matched them up with the sharps >>> (which are ebony), the sharps wouldn't look so good, and may look like I >>> should of had the sharps replaced as well. >>> >>> My final conclusion as of now, is to have the off-white German >>> tops/fronts and to have the ebony sharps refinished. The refinished >>> definitely won't be the high gloss the plastics give. >>> >>> Is there a particular white key/sharp combo that would look the best? Or >>> is this stupid? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Matthew >>> >> >> > > > -- > Duane McGuire > 801-830-5858 > http://blog.duanemcguire.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091202/3f77cdc2/attachment-0001.htm>
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