Ivory keytops

[Isaac sur Noos]

Thanks Richard,

ivory : ivory glue (hide + titanium) or if not possible whitening your
usual glue with titanium or a white stone powder.



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oleg-i@noos.fr
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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la
> part de John Ross
> Envoyé : samedi 3 janvier 2004 03:29
> À : Pianotech
> Objet : Re: Ivory keytops
>
>
> Hi Richard,
> I know the PVC-E will come off the plastic keytops with
> water. Did you try
> and remove it?
> The glue remains flexible, so you could also try a razor blade.
> The PVC-E should be OK. I sometimes use Duco cement. But
> with all the glues,
> keep your fingers clean.
> Regards,
> John M. Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
> jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Strang" <rstrang@pa.inter.net>
> To: "pianotech (E-mail)" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 10:12 PM
> Subject: Ivory keytops
>
>
> > Hello, list,
> >    Once again, I learned a big lesson the very hard way,
> so I thought I'd
> > share my grief with you all.
> >    I worked on an old player upright last night. It was a
> 1907 variety,
> but
> > someone in California had rebuilt it very well. Why? Who
> knows? But it was
> > in very good shape, and close to pitch.
> >    All the ivory keytops, the squares, were coming off.
> about 15 had been
> > off for quite some time, but the customer had saved them
> and gave them to
> me
> > to glue back on. I also gave a tug at all the rest that
> had not come off
> yet
> > and found that most of them were loose. I got out my
> trusty PVC-E glue and
> > proceeded to glue them all back on.
> >    My big mistake? The glue paints on very white and
> pretty, and I took it
> > for granted that it would dry that way and would hide the
> finger prints
> and
> > other imperfections that were on the top of the keys that
> had not had a
> > keytop on for a while. When I started taking the rubber
> bands off and
> > reinstalling the keys, I got a big surprise. PVC-E glue
> dries perfectly
> > clear, leaving all imperfections glaring through the
> keytop which were all
> > very well glued on now. The job looks terrible, even
> though there are now
> > keytops installed which I'm sure feel very much better
> than the key did
> > without the ivory. Even so, it is very obvious which keys
> had been bare
> for
> > a while. Should have I used another white glue, such as
> Titebond? I have
> > always stayed away from the regular white glues for
> keytops. Anyway, a
> word
> > to the wise. Don't do what I did. If you are going to use
> PVC-E glue for
> > ivory keytops, make sure the keytop surface is WHITE
> before gluing. Lesson
> > learned.
> >
> > Richard
> >
> > PS. The player was also rebuilt. All the bellows were
> new. The entire part
> > that sits over the keys was in new condition. Much of the
> rest of the
> player
> > mechanism was gone though, so the player will never play
> again. Anyone
> need
> > bellows? Other parts?
> >
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