Particularly acidic sweat ( dietarily related ) can
also disolve wood in this fashion. Yet ANOTHER reason
to go vegetarian and always wash your hands before
playing!
Thump
--- "Paul Chick (Earthlink)" <tune4@earthlink.net>
wrote:
> A chapter member sent this photo to me. It's hard
> to imagine playing this
> piano.
>
> Paul C
>
>
> Subject: Prize Winning Worn Out Piano Keys -!!!
>
>
> These are keys from a piano that was recently
> "traded-in" and
> promptly hauled to the dump. It obviously took many
> years
> of playing to wear down the sharps and wear holes
> this deeply
> into the natural keys. It is very likely that the
> person who
> played this piano wore "porcelain" glue-on
> fingernail covers
> which are truly "hard-as-nails" and very abrasive to
> ANY type
> of keyboard covering. One-or-two glissandos across
> the keys
> with "porcelain" nail covers can hopelessly scratch
> new keys.
> If you look at the picture you can actually see
> grooves in the
> wood which are the same shape as the fingernails.
>
> D.P.K.
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
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name=Worn-out-keys-Medjpg.jpg
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