[pianotech] tape residue

[John Ross]

It files ok.
Just don't use a power filer, as it can burst into flame if the friction 
causes enough heat.
Then again, you might be as fast as a power unit, so you will have to slow 
your rate of filing. :-)
John Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Richmond" <piano57 at comcast.net>
To: "pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 3:54 PM
Subject: [pianotech] tape residue





Howdy,

I was having a look through the archives about removing tape goo from 
keytops and someone made a reference to a type of key that might get damaged 
by a solvent. Would that be those old celluloid keys?

Does anybody remember what type of keytop is on a Betsy Ross spinet? I'm 
pretty excited to get to service one of these, I've heard so much about them 
(or her). ;-}

Another question about those celluloid keytops. I have a customer with a 
Baldwin Monarch small upright with many--maybe all--chipped keys. She 
doesn't want to spring for new keytops, so I was thinking of just filing and 
making waterfall keys out of them. Will the celluloid file OK?

Thanks,

Barbara Richmond, RPT
near Peoria, Illinois