<HTML>In a message dated 6/28/02 1:23:18 AM Central Daylight Time, claudia_cimenti@mail.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I read that one occasionally does a "Waterfall" procedure on ivory keytops, which consists of removing the lip. Has any of you ever done this? What's the best tool for the job? Does it throw the pianist "off" not to have that lip? Any comments in general? Just another newbie question... Thanks in advance for all your continued help. Regards, /Claudia </BLOCKQUOTE> There are some keys that were "waterfall." They had a nice round front. Filing off the front of ivory keys, to eliminate cracked ivory heads, is a different process. I am not a piano player, so I can't answer your question about how it feels when you play. But I can tell you it doesn't look very attractive if it isn't done perfectly. I've done it a few times when a customer didn't want to pay for new keytops. but also didn't want chipped keys. Wim</HTML>