<!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><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>John,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>No Clamping?  I also = use PVC-E, but do clamp, even if briefly.  Would you describe how you use = it?  Am I going overboard clamping new keytops with this stuff?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>William R. = Monroe<BR>Madison, WI<BR>Assoc.</FONT></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=jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca = href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">John Ross</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 09, 2004 = 3:08 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Keytops (please respond)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>