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<font size=3>At 09:00 AM 10/25/2001 -0700, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>Greetings,<br>
<br>
Is there something one can do about ivories that have splits or
cracks<br>
parallel to the key stick? Acryikey is a good choice to fill chips, but
what<br>
does one do to stabilize the cracks?<br>
Best regards<br>
Jim McCormac, RPT<br>
Fallbrook, CA</blockquote><br>
AK II will fill the cracks as well. you need to clean the dirt out and
dress the edges.<br>
First the ivory needs to be secure to the key stick. Wick a little water
under the ivory<br>
and clamp with a heated brass plate. I prefer to use a thin whitened hot
hide glue<br>
instead of plain water.<br>
<br>
Regards,</font><br>
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Regards,<br>
<br>
Jon Page, piano technician<br>
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.<br>
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