I placed a post earlier this week with a similar question and got no reply. We're busy I know. I wondered about the Klaviermacher video in which he sanded the ivories a great deal. I wondered if this would produce the expected feel of real ivory keys? If you sand off all of the ridges of natural ivory to produce a very smooth surface and albeit white will the pianist appreciate the tactile feel of this or could it ruin what a performer wants to feel? Just curious and being careful before doing anything dramatic. Thanks, Steven Hopp From: imatunr at srvinet.com To: pianotech at ptg.org Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 18:09:12 -0700 Subject: Re: [pianotech] Whitening yellowed ivories Wim, Scott has sunny days 360 of the year <G> Arizona Joe Goss BSMusEd MMusEd RPT imatunr at srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: wimblees at aol.com To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 5:49 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Whitening yellowed ivories Scott Put them under a blacklight overnight. It will take some of the yellow out, but they will not look white because the stain is probably too deep in the pores of the ivory. If you know you're going to have sunny days, you can put them outside in the sun for several hours at a time. Wim -----Original Message----- From: Scott Helms, RPT <tuner at helmsmusic.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Sat, Nov 7, 2009 2:35 pm Subject: [pianotech] Whitening yellowed ivories I know I have read articles somewhere about different ways to "bleach" or whiten yellowed ivory keytops, but I can't seem to find them. Does anybody have any good tips for how to accomplish this? The piano is extremely old and was in a smoker's home for many, many years. I'd also welcome advice on what pitfalls to avoid in doing this job. Thanks in advance! Scott ------ Scott A. Helms, Registered Piano Technician 480-818-3871 www.helmsmusic.net _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091108/a44cb9f9/attachment.htm>
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