On some ivory keys the grain is texturally quite pronounced, on others it is not. When replacing missing ivory heads it is often necessary to sand over the joint between the head and the tail to make the seam completely smooth to the touch. In the event you are replacing a head on a "grainy" key board, it would be nice to raise, or etch, the grain back into the head to duplicate the existing texture. I am wondering what the technique for doing this is. David Love >From: Wimblees@AOL.COM >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org >To: pianotech@ptg.org >Subject: Re: ivory grain >Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 22:55:36 EDT > >In a message dated 9/28/00 6:43:58 PM Central Daylight Time, >lovedg@hotmail.com writes: > ><< Does anyone know the technique for raising the grain on ivories after >they > have been sanded. > > David Love >> > > >Why would you want to raise the grain? Why are you sanding ivories? > >Willem _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
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