I wouldn't use heat to melt it, that would cause the wax to migrate into the key further. Just use a razor blade, and scrape. John Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia On 2010-11-15, at 10:35 AM, toddpianoworks at att.net wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I've got a client who's spilled candle wax on their keys and didn't notice it before it hardened. > > I'll be going over later, but I wanted to see if anyone has had a similiar scenario. > > I was going to lightly run a lighter over to melt the wax on the tops of the keys. Then remove those keys and take a sharp chisel to the keysticks/frame/bed and just replace the punchings. > > Does anyone have any other ideas? > > Thanks! > Matthew > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101115/2e98f4fb/attachment.htm>
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