<WBR>Do the keys feel slick to you? If not, perhaps you might ask the professor what hand cream he/she uses. Too much of that stuff on hands will make sandpaper feel slick.<br>
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<div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br>
Piano Tuner/Technician<br>
Honolulu, HI<br>
Author of <br>
The Business of Piano Tuning<br>
available from Potter Press<br>
www.pianotuning.com</div>
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From: Jim Busby <jim_busby@byu.edu><br>
To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org><br>
Sent: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:40 pm<br>
Subject: [CAUT] slick keytops<br>
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<div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A professor says the keys on our CF are “too slick” or “slippery”. This is real ivory. And they were dirty too. I cleaned them with “Keybrite”, and now they’re even more “slick”. Any quick solutions? (Light sanding? Hairspray?)</SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks,</SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">p.s. I couldn’t find anything for ivory on the archives. </SPAN></FONT></div>
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