Barbara Richmond wrote: > > > Howdy, > > I was having a look through the archives about removing > tape goo from keytops and someone made a reference to a > type of key that might get damaged by a solvent. Would that > be those old celluloid keys? Depends on the solvent, doesn't it? I typically use Imperial Cleaner. It's reminiscent of lighter fluid, and I haven't run into any keytop that is damaged by the stuff. > Another question about those celluloid keytops. I have a > customer with a Baldwin Monarch small upright with > many--maybe all--chipped keys. She doesn't want to spring > for new keytops, so I was thinking of just filing and > making waterfall keys out of them. Will the celluloid file > OK? I've seen a lot of them done successfully. I used to hear them called José Iturbi keyboards, because he allegedly had his piano done that way to keep the keytop overhang out of his cuffs. Ron N
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