[pianotech] Yamaha keytops

[Richard Ucci]

Don't think so. It' called "ivoritis". Can' be cleaned

Rick Ucci/ Ucci Piano

On Jun 4, 2010, at 2:31 PM, "Larry Fisher RPT" <larryf at pacifier.com>  
wrote:

> I have a church with a 20 year old Yamaha G3 that the keytops are  
> generally turning dark with age.  The keys are synthetic material  
> and I've heard rumors of a material Yamaha tried that was supposed  
> to feel the closest to ivory but it's porosity retained the micro  
> particles from the sharps or other sources and became dark and were  
> difficult to keep clean.
>
> I'd like to have a clear story to tell on this subject since I'm  
> considering replacing the keytops with Vagias keytops (my usual).
>
> Did the sharp keycaps cause the problem and if so will they cause a  
> similar problem with the new keytops?
>
> Lar
>
>
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