<html> <font size=3>At 05:04 PM 12/11/2000 -0500, you wrote:<br> <blockquote type=cite cite>List,<br> <br> I am getting ready to remove some plastic keys from an old upright and<br> replace them with new key tops.  Since I have never done this, I thought I<br> would ask you all what would be the best way to accomplish this without<br> destroying the keys themselves!<br> Thanks<br> Patrick</blockquote><br> My favorite means of removing ivory and plastic is to place a piece<br> of aluminum foil on the keys and lay an old iron (not the one I wish<br> my wife would use on my shirts :-) with the appropriate setting so<br> as not to discolour the ivory or ooze the plastic over the key.<br> <br> The foil keeps the iron surface clean so I can press bellows cloth<br> onto the boards without gunking it up.<br> <br> Clean tools make all the jobs go easier.<br> <br> Regards,<br> </font><br> <div>Jon Page,   piano technician</div> <div>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.</div> <div><a href="mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net" EUDORA=AUTOURL>mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net</a></div> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </html>