Duane, It's a black dye/stain, which is available from any paint supplier. It's used for staining wood.
Al
From: Duane McGuire
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 8:37 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Selecting Keytop Replacement
Black penetrating dye? What product do you recommend?
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 6:21 AM, Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft <AlliedPianoCraft at hotmail.com> wrote:
I agree with William. And if you have a problem with color wear, just swipe them with some black penetrating dye and buff. They'll look like new.
Al
From: William Monroe
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 8:12 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Selecting Keytop Replacement
Matthew,
If the sharps are in good condition, just clean and buff them and IME, they will match up just fine.
William R. Monroe
On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net> wrote:
Good evening,
I will be sending a set of keys to Leon for top/front replacement this week. I just wanted to ask your opinions.
The piano is a 1948 Baldwin M. The whites are chipped, some are missing, etc. The sharps actually look fairly good. Now, I was first just going to request whites only. Leon uses the molded tops/fronts. Then I realized that quite possibly when I got them back and matched them up with the sharps (which are ebony), the sharps wouldn't look so good, and may look like I should of had the sharps replaced as well.
My final conclusion as of now, is to have the off-white German tops/fronts and to have the ebony sharps refinished. The refinished definitely won't be the high gloss the plastics give.
Is there a particular white key/sharp combo that would look the best? Or is this stupid?
Thanks!
Matthew
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