The newish Yamaha larger grands have this finish on the sharps that is supposed to soak in moisture from the fingers. Ivory used to do that but plastic does not. They developed a coating for the sharps to do this. duh-duh :>) James Grebe Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups (314) 608-4137 WWW.JamesGrebe.com 1526 Raspberry Lane Arnold, MO 63010 BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE! pianoman@accessus.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bec and John" <bjsilva001@comcast.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 4:12 PM Subject: Re: Sticky ebony keytops revisited > Hi James, it is a 1925 Steinway L. > > - John > >> Was this a newish Yamaha? > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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