[pianotech] cleaning key tops

[Bruce Browning - The Piano Tuner]

Terry Farrell,
Don't some tuners use keytop dissolved in acetone for hammer hardening?


> Acetone is a common ingredient in lacquer thinner, which is a blend of
> several organic solvents. Acetone is generally less aggressive than
> lacquer thinner. Other than that, yes they are similar. I think you
> are probably correct that acetone will eat a plastic keytop - but
> perhaps more slowly than lacquer thinner. I meant by different beast
> that it was not the same thing.
>