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Gluing Ivory Keytops and Contact Cement
By D. L. Bullock

I must agree wholeheartedly with Jon Page and his excellent description
of gluing keytops with the old tried and true hot glue and whiting
recipe.

I bristled when reading the first post of ivories being glued on with
contact cement.  I have removed and repaired soooo many of those
keytops after 5-20 years.  They invariably have turned dark brown under
the thin ivory.

In fact I can truthfully say I have not yet found a use for contact
cement in player piano, piano, reed organ or pipe organ restoration.
There was some clown who wrote a reed organ restoration book where he
told people to cover the bellows with contact cement.  Once I read that
I understood why I had been required to rebuild several organs that had
been so "restored."

Thank you, Mr. Page, for your insight.

D. L. Bullock   the Piano World   St. Louis


(Message sent Sat 20 Jan 2001, 19:55:11 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.)

Key Words in Subject:  Cement, Contact, Gluing, Ivory, Keytops

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