Ivory or Walrus?

Robin Stevens mmrr6596@bigpond.net.au
Wed, 7 Jan 2004 08:00:35 +1030 (Cen. Australia Daylight Time)


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Going back to requests on how to stick on ivories, no-one spoke about the
different type of "Ivory" key tops used.=0D
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 Maybe someone can put me straight whether  there is such a thing as Walr=
us
key tops.=0D
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As long as I have been involved in this trade (45 years) I was always tol=
d
that the much thinner and VERY transparent tops put on American pianos we=
re
made out of Walrus tusks.=0D
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Fact or fiction? =0D
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PS In the field I use a typist's wipe out pen for the whitening, and if t=
he
surface is cleaned and prepared properly, CA works for me.=0D
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Regards=0D
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 Robin Stevens=0D
Convener "INTUNE SA 2004"=0D
22-25 July 2004 Mercure Grosvenor Adelaide SA=0D
08 8633 0533 mmrr6596@bigpond.net.au
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