[pianotech] Piano wax anyone?

[John Ross]

I wouldn't use heat to melt it, that would cause the wax to migrate into the key further.
Just use a razor blade, and scrape.
John Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia
On 2010-11-15, at 10:35 AM, toddpianoworks at att.net wrote:

> Hey everyone,
> 
> I've got a client who's spilled candle wax on their keys and didn't notice it before it hardened.
> 
> I'll be going over later, but I wanted to see if anyone has had a similiar scenario.
> 
> I was going to lightly run a lighter over to melt the wax on the tops of the keys. Then remove those keys and take a sharp chisel to the keysticks/frame/bed and just replace the punchings.
> 
> Does anyone have any other ideas?
> 
> Thanks!
> Matthew
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
> 

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