<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Hi Steve,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I find PVC-E, does a good job. You don't need to clamp, and cleans up with water.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=smartin@dodo.com.au href="mailto:smartin@dodo.com.au">Steve Martin</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 09, 2004 4:24 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Keytops (please respond)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Matthew</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>most of the time I do exactly the same as you  - the iron and damp cloth routine. Plus if you do it this way IMO you can save most of the ivories especially the good ones and if need be you get some good replacement ones for another job.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What glue do you use to stick the new the new ones on with??</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Steve.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>