<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> After many many years of gluing back ivories in the work shop = and in the customers home I have settled for CA glue for both workshop an= d in the customers home.</DIV> <DIV>When I first started gluing ivories in the sixties we used a pa= per glue called..I think... "Clag" this glue had to be clamped for 24 hou= rs for a good job. We used to paint the key first with a mixture of the w= hite oxide and the Clag glue and let it dry before putting the top on. Th= ese ivories rarely came off, but had the problem of the glue drying = time.</DIV> <DIV>The next glue that came popular was the contact glues. But, I s= tarted to see them lifting off in school situations, and if not appl= ied thinly enough showed the color through.</DIV> <DIV>A quick way to color the key top after getting all the fin= ger grease and old glue off is to paint the top of the key with typists "= white out" which comes in white and a ivory color.</DIV> <DIV>In the workshop I use a thin off white water based house paint = where drying time is not a factor.</DIV> <DIV>I commonly come across pianos where 10-20 ivories have come off (mos= tly USA pianos #$%$^#)</DIV> <DIV>The fast drying time of the "white out" and the CA glue gets me out = of bringing the keys back to the work shop.</DIV> <DIV>The bottom line is to prepare and color the tops perfectly before gl= uing.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Regards</DIV> <DIV>Robin Stevens ARPT</DIV> <DIV>South Australia</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>