<HTML><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff">In a message dated 10/22/02 12:51:13 PM Central Daylight Time, ReggaePass@aol.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> Dear List, Well, actually, the adhesive is not ancient, it's just been on there for a LONG time.  Someone had the great idea of I.D.ing the naturals in the centermost octave of this 25 year old Cable Nelson console with pieces of masking tape.  That was a decade or two ago, much of that with the piano stored in a garage (where it gets really hot in the summer).  Now, if you manage to get the tape off, residual adhesive stubbornly remains.  So...how can the tape and adhesive be removed without harming the keytop?  Would a light application of acetone promptly cleaned up do it, or will the plastic react right away?  If solvents are not an option, what would be the best way to nondestructively scrape away the unwanted stuff? Thanks and praises, Alan Eder, R.P.T. _______________________________________________</BLOCKQUOTE> Alan, I have had good luck dabbing a little oil (I use baby oil) on the tape remnants and residue, let it sit a little while and then wipe.  I would not want to use acetone. David Koelzer Vintage Pianos DFW</HTML>