<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Once you've knocked the old sharps off the keys, drop them in a bowl of water for a minute then toss them a few at a time into a microwave for a few seconds. You should then be able to just wipe away any slivers of keystick that remain.<br> <br> - Mark Dierauf<br> <br> Robin Blankenship wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:%3C001a01c7c7e8$786b8180$0a00a8c0@uc8350dd77fff2%3E" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16481" name="GENERATOR"> <o:SmartTagType name="PostalCode" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="State" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="PlaceName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="PlaceType" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType> <style>  </style> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Elwood,</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Yes, to your first question. Always a good idea to have at least a few of the various types and designs of sharps around. You just never know when one will save the day. As far as getting them off of the key, I just apply a chisel, bevel side down (towards the key) and give it a good whack. The sharp usually just pops right off. Might need a bit of sanding to clean it up and you're good to go.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Robin Blankenship</font></div> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228) none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>From:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true" title="edoss@charter.net" href="mailto:edoss@charter.net">Elwood Doss, Jr.</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true" title="pianotech@ptg.org" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech List'</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 16, 2007 1:22 PM</div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject:</b> old sharps</div> <div><br> </div> <div class="Section1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Do any of you salvage old wood sharps from old upright pianos?  Would it be a good idea to keep some of the older sharps around?  How would one get the old sharps off the old keys?  Just wondering...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Joy!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Elwood<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Elwood Doss, Jr., M.M.E., RPT</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Piano Technician/Technical Director</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Department of Music</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">145 Fine Arts Building</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Tennessee</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> at Martin</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Martin</span></font></st1:City><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">, <st1:State w:st="on">TN</st1:State>  <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">38238</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">731/881-1852</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">FAX: 731/881-7415</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">HOME: 731/587-5700</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div> </blockquote> </blockquote> <br> </body> </html>