---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment --Apple-Mail-41-333665487 On 3-jan-04, at 12:04, Isaac sur Noos wrote: > Hi Andre, happy New Year and yes it works but what a mess to clean=20 > that mix afterthat ! (when the keyboard come=A0 to the workshop) >>The=20= > main problem with ivories is that they are transparent too much, some=20= > more than others so everything under them may mask the wood, the dirt,=20= > etc (usually one does not glue on dirt BTW).>>Main problem with these=20= > field repair is that they leave an awful joint between tails and=20 > heads, I just have read a trick using some titanium dioxide and lemon=20= > juice and rubbing to=A0eventually mask the joint black line. Well, as I said, I am definitely not your ivory specialist, but this=20 method works for me so well that I am actually amazed every time I use=20= it. In regard to the joints I can say this : it is my experience that if=20 the ivory parts have been loose for not long, you will have no real=20 problem making it very nice again. The problem arises when the heads=20 and tails have curled and have been loose for months at a time. In that case it works better to take the whole key board to the work=20 place and put your specialist on it. btw, just because we have a lot of experience with old ivory, we are=20 now in favor of sending the key board to Kluge to replace the usually=20 old and thus worn (transparent and hollow) ivories with brand new=20 Steinway Ivoplast. At Kluge they do a very nice job, putting new wood on the key sides and=20= the Ivoplast looks very very nice even on older instruments. Most customers shy away from the idea of plastic on their old respected=20= keys but it is my experience that once they have the new Steinway=20 stuff, they really love it because it looks fabulous and feels nice=20 too. Of course it is again possible to order new ivory, but most customers=20 are not willing to pay for that, which is clearly understandable if you=20= look at the prices they ask for that. > Do some have experienced this method actually ? > I am writing tighter lines to prevent paper waste (one of my new year=20= > resolutions.) Greetings > Isaac I do not like these small letters and I noticed that more and more=20 people here on this list do the same. I am getting older, not younger, and even with my computer glasses I=20 have to enlarge the font everytime. Why do you guys and galls do this=20 to me? HUH!! *(;@(( (; >)) > friendly greetings from Andr=E9 Oorebeek --Apple-Mail-41-333665487 A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 2861 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/24/9a/82/ae/attachment.bin --Apple-Mail-41-333665487-- ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: foto krtje 2_2.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 26468 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/c7/32/a5/86/fotokrtje2_2.jpg ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment --Apple-Mail-42-333665490 Amsterdam - The Netherlands 0031-20-6237357 0645-492389 www.concertpianoservice.nl --Apple-Mail-42-333665490 A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 92 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/a3/18/68/60/attachment.bin --Apple-Mail-42-333665490-- ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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