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the traction will come with time...finger oils...or try Alan's method =
of eating with fingers and playing immediately afterwards...;-]<BR><BR>=
David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, California<BR><BR><BR><BR>
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Original message<BR>From: "Jason Kanter" <JKANTER@ROLLINGBALL.COM><BR>T=
o: "Pianotech List" <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: 2/28/2006 3:04:56 =
PM<BR>Subject: RE: Ebony sharps was Anything wrong with finishing keyst=
icks?<BR><BR>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=812420223-28022006><FONT face=
=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I did one set of sharps last year, st=
ripped, sanded to 600, tung oil, followed by steel wool - they looked g=
reat but were so smooth that the fingers slip on them. Customer was hap=
py but it bothered me. Shouldn't there be some traction? /jason</FONT><=
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [ma=
ilto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Farrell<BR><B>Sent:=
</B> Tuesday, February 28, 2006 1:17 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR=
><B>Subject:</B> Re: Ebony sharps was Anything wrong with finishing key=
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yup, that's pretty much what I do. I l=
ike the look very much.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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f size=2>But seriously folks, one can strip all the old finish off th=
e ebony sharps, sand them and then use e.g. Tung Oil or Danish penetrat=
ing resin (Watco) to preserve the wood and yet leave its beauty visible=
- no? AT least that's what SHeldon Smith taught me to do back in '71.<=
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e="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Jason Kanter</SPAN></SPAN><=
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