You got it Dave!
I've been in several situations that involved the indiscriminate use
of alcohol by customers.
Having read that sentence again, I should add that I've also been
involved with (often futile) work on ivory keyboards belonging to these
customers where alcohol was used as a solvent/cleaner. Used
indiscriminately, alcohol seems to undermine the integrity of the bond
between the ivory and wafer. Whether it does this as a result of direct
action on the adhesive, or by warping the ivory, I don't know. That's
why I said "alcohol [Vodka or otherwise] and ivories don't mix" in a
earlier reply.
In one sense, I suppose we could be grateful to have all the work
resulting from such use. But it does seem a waste of good ivories.
While the cleaner of choice is a factor to be considered, the real
problem here lies not so much in what is used, but how much. Many
people feel that if some is good, more is better. That's where the
trouble begins.
Jim Harvey RPT
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At what stage are these ivories being cleaned? On or off the keys? Isn't
there
a chance that alcohol will loosen the glue?
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