peroxide

[Richard Moody]

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> From: james turner <JTTUNER@webtv.net>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: 
> Date: Saturday, March 13, 1999 12:55 AM
> 
> In the l995 issue of the PTG Journal, there is a article on bleaching
> ivories.  It mentions using 30% hydrogen peroxide.  Does anyone know
> where this can be purchased?  Can't find it anywhere.

Beauty parlors.  
If you or you wife is a good customer they might give you  4 or 5 ounces,
enough for a life time.  This is so strong that if you look at it too long
it will bleach your eyeballs.  The use of liquids on ivories attached to
keys is questionable since ivory is porus and they might decide to become
unglued. They first exhibit this tendency by curling up at the edges, and
then splitting down the middle.... sometimes. Even on ivories removed it
is a touchy procedure, they still try to warp depending on how you try to
dry them.

Ric Whiter   <----(but slightly warped)