( OT? ) voluntary spill on keys about to happen

[Isaac OLEG]

Yellow felt pens as used for lacquer touch up. They will stay in the
keys until these are sanded and polished anyway. count on 3 hours work
approx. to have them back to white and shiny (the front should be the
hardest part to renew so it is safer to use water based color for the
fronts).

The sharps could be sanded with very fine grit (400) or rubbed with
pumice.
You can also forget your cigar on the edge of the key block, or on
some keys, that is very classy, and often seen in some pseudo jazz
clubs.

If you use a substance that is not sticky to the plastic keys, it will
rip off when played.
BTW once coloured with those aggressive pens, the touch will became
dirty after a bit of playing because the surface will catch dirt
easier so don't overdo that.

I can come and do the job assuming you can pay me enough !

Isaac OLEG

Entretien et réparation de pianos.

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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la
> part de Jean Debefve
> Envoyé : dimanche 15 juin 2003 16:34
> À : pianotech@ptg.org
> Objet : ( OT? ) voluntary spill on keys about to happen
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am adding a last touch of "makeup" to my DU1A, who will
> play its first
> role as an "actor" onstage, mid August. Some of you might
> remember my
> mails and questions a few months ago about moving a DU1A on tour.
>
> All is going well, but I have a very strange problem : The
> piano should
> look very old. The black ebony finish could make it, even without
> modifications : it's classy... A bit too shiny though.  But
> the problem
> is  the color of the keys : they look so white, so plastic,
> so brand
> new.  That won't be coherent with the feel we're looking for.
>
> I know that some of you had to deal with strange substances
> trown or
> spilled on keys (nail varnish, paint, you named it).
> Does anyone have an idea of  a coloring substance the set
> designer could
> use, and of course possibly remove without harm, to solve
> that problem ?
> (The piano actually should not look like a very old man
> with a brand new
> denture... ;-))
>
> The piano will have to wear its makeup for a couple of years. And
> hopefully get back to near its original state after that. (And the
> players and the flies won't like sticky keys!)
>
> Tricky-Silly problem, isnt'it ?
>
>
>
> Jean Debefve
> Theâtre de Galafronie
> Belgium.
>
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