<!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 6.00.2800.1515" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Frances,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Don't understand "about the = cat"??</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As for the ones reglued with Susan's = magical elixir....You couldn't get them off with Blasting Powder!!! Heat? NOpe! Moisture? NOpe! Solvents? NO..Hell NO! BTW, the stuff sticks much better = to the WOOD than the Ivory. BUT, it still sticks extremely hard to the Ivory. = Hence, no Salvagable Ivory. As I said, what a waste!!! :-(</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=fhelms@topeka.k12.ks.us = href="mailto:fhelms@topeka.k12.ks.us">FRANCES HELMS</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A> = ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 23, 2005 = 1:21 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: CA glue + Elmers = for Ivories</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Just out of curiousity...yeah, I know about the = cat...what exactly was the effect on the "re-glued" ivories?<BR>Fran = Helms,<BR>piano technician<BR>Topeka, KS<BR><BR>>>> "Joe Garrett" <<A = href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A>>= 8/23/2005 1:54 PM >>><BR>I know Ssssssn is gunna have a cow, = but I just gotta say it. Please don't use the CA/Elmers on replacing = Ivories!!! PLEASE!!!!???? I'm in the process of doing a re-whatever on a set = of  European Upright Keys. 1/2 of the keys still have/had beautiful, thick = Ivory, that could be salvaged. Several had been "re-glued" with that damned concoction! There was no way in hell, those could be salvaged!! What a = damned waste!! grrrrr!<BR>O.K. I'll get off my soapbox.<BR>Regards,<BR>Joe = Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R = I<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>