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[Matthew Todd]

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How can I see the difference between plastic and celluloid?  Are ivory, plastic,
and celluloid the only types of keys?  What is celluloid made out of?

Matthew

Jon Page wrote:

> At 06:58 PM 03/10/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> >To add a little to Keith and Willem's response, there is one sure way to
> >tell ivory from plastic or celluloid.  However, be cautioned that this
> >is a destructive test...... Hold a small sliver of the material in a
> >flame.  Ivory will smell like burning hair; plastic like burning
> >plastic; and celluloid will smell like burning fingers...(if you don't
> >turn loose real quick!).  Seriously, the celluloid burns very
> >rapidly....don't use a large piece (and don't ask).  If you are not
> >adventurous, use a tweezer to hold the sliver..
> >
> >Tom Robinson
> >East Tennessee - making pianos sound better......one spinet at a
> >time....
> >
>
> Very true, you know for sure when it is celluloid because it is difficult to
> put out :-).
>
> Jon Page,   piano technician
> Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
> mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
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