keytops too white

[Carl Meyer]

Years ago I put one white replacement under an ultraviolet lamp for 30 minutes and it worked great.  Tried it later and NOTHING happened.  Must be a different type of plastic.
There's nothing sure but death and taxes and death doesn't get worse every year.

Carl Meyer  Assoc. PTG
Santa Clara, California
cmpiano@attbi.com 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Tvak@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 5:06 AM
Subject: keytops too white


> Is there a way to yellow-ize replacement keytops to make them match more 
> closely the existing yellowed keytops on the piano?  The original keytops are 
> plastic, as are the replacements.  It's not that the originals are so 
> extremely yellow, it's that the replacements available through Schaff are so 
> incredibly WHITE!  
> 
> Gotta do this repair this weekend...any ideas?
> 
> Tom Sivak
> 
>