when to replace ivories

[hubert liverman]

I am not an ivory expert either! However I have had some experience cleaning
cracked ivory key tops. I found that most 'blackness' was due to household
cooking /finger grease. A 'caveat', we do not know the the thickness of the
ivory, the narrownes of the cracks. Are they splinter, or wide enough to use
a solution to clean said cracks? We also do not know the quality of the
piano in question. Please help.

Flame Suit Activated   :-0

Cheers,

Hubert

Livermans Piano Service
Opelika, AL


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: when to replace ivories


> I'm not an ivory expert, but if they are well glued down, there should be
no
> reason to expect them to delaminate from the wood any time soon. That
leaves
> asthetics. Do they look good to you? Do they look $3K worth of bad to you?
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark Davidson" <mark.davidson@mindspring.com>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 10:00 AM
> Subject: when to replace ivories
>
>
> > Looked at a piano yesterday that had virtually no wear on the ivories
and
> no
> > chips, but many dark, lengthwise cracks (almost every white key).  I
> assume
> > this was caused by keys being exposed to humidity and wood expanding
more
> > than ivory.
> >
> > Question is, keep them or replace them?  How well would they hold up?
> >
> > -Mark
> >
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