Enlightenment

[Paul]

Susan
I've tried CA for regluing ivory and found the joint to fail most of the
time. I take care to clean the ivory and keystick, but usually find that
repair has failed. I don't wet either piece with anything in the cleaning
process, just scrape the surfaces and wipe off with a clean rag before
applying the CA. What am I missing?

Paul Chick
----- Original Message -----
From: Susan Kline <sckline@home.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: Enlightenment


> I'll have to remember that, Carl. When I read your method, and put
> myself into the picture, I see myself licking my finger and rubbing
> the ivory with that. Or, I've taken a barely damp rag and cleaned the
> old dirty keystick with it, so the ivory won't look gray. There's
> enough dampness left on the wood/old whiting/wafer to set up
> the CA just fine. I put the CA on the ivory, spread it around with
> a small screwdriver (quickly!!), then press it onto the
> barely damp (slightly cleaned) keystick. You get one, and only one,
> chance to put it the right place.
>
> Susan
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >Susan:  Irma Bombeck used to say that the only reason she would exercise
is
> >so that she could hear heavy breathing again.  I've gone from breathing
to
> >actually licking the bottom of the ivory key top and putting med or thick
> >ca on the key.  Don't need to put an oyster on it just a gentle lick.
> >Works for me.  Haven't gotten hooked on the taste yet, but haven't come
> >down with any serious maladies either.  Any idea on the toxicity of old
> >ivory and the goop they used (whitened hide glue, I guess)?  You are the
> >closest thing to a toxicologist that I know.
> >Regards
> >
> >Carl Meyer
>