<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-= 1"> <META content="IncrediMail 1.0" name=GENERATOR>  </HEAD> <BODY style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0px 0px; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 5px= 10px 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bgColor=#ffffff background="" scroll== yes ORGYPOS="0"> <TABLE id=INCREDIMAINTABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100= %" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD id=INCREDITEXTREGION style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; CURSOR: auto; FONT-F= AMILY: Arial" width="100%"> <DIV> Michael...fold up some scrap cotton cloth to form  a= strip 6 inches X 12-18 inches and have it about six layers thick.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Run the cloth under the tap, and then ring out well and place on top= of the keys.</DIV> <DIV>If doing with a piano you aren't going to scrap, the keys should be = taken out of the frame and have the  key front hanging over the= edge of the bench to stop steaming the front bushings.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Then, when your wife is down the street borrow her iron and place on= top of the wet rag ( I REALLY would advise you to get a old ir= on for the workshop)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>After a short while a good amount of stream will emit from the rag. = Start at the Bass end and if the temperature is OK you should be able to&= nbsp;slowly move the iron along and at the same time with a knife or chis= el loosen the tops. When you come to the end of the rag remove it an= d run again under water and ring out.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Most keytops  just fall off with the right amount of steam.</DI= V> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Regards</DIV> <DIV>Robin Stevens</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><I>----Original Message-------</I></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=receivestrings> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>From:</B></I> <A href="m= ailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Date:</B></I> 04/26/05 19:= 28:52</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mai= lto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Subject:</B></I> Ivory rem= oval</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Listers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any GOOD ideas for removing ivories from= keys without damaging the ivories? In this particular case the keys are = to be disposed of (Bechstein Model 10 vertical strung upright, 85 keys, N= r.74325) The attached action is also being disposed of. The piano carcase= has already been dumped. This is the result of flooding up to the unders= ide of the keybed. I need the space but need the ivories intact. I could,= I know, cut away the wood keys then chip away the remains of wood - but = I wondered if one were to be in the position of re-covering the keys what= approach one would use to carefully remove the re-useable ivories.</FONT= ></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G.(UK)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD id=INCREDIFOOTER width="100%"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="100%"></TD> <TD id=INCREDISOUND vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD> <TD id=INCREDIANIM vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></T= ABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BODY></HTML>