A perfect set of ivory Keytops is a beautifull thing.The patinna of fifty year old ivory gives the piano a richness that plastic will never duplicate.What a shame to have a couple of chips ruin the whole effect. If you replace the chipped ivories, you are guaranteed to have a color mismatch, which makes the repair even more prominent than the chips.

Thanks to the miracle of modern densitry there is a solution to this conundrum - Dental Epoxy. The procedure is a little pricey, but as genuine ivory becomes more and more rare, the repair becomes more and more feasible.

 

Chipped Ivory

Remove Key Front

Attach Stabilizer

Clamp Ivory Support

Apply Etching Solution

Apply Primer

Apply Epoxy

Light Cure Epoxy

Shape Epoxy

Rough Sand Epoxy

Semi-Finished Ivory

Wet-Sand Key Top

Apply nail polish

Buff Piano Key

Completed Key Repair

Tune
Sales
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Harp Design
Hammond Spinet Sale
Repair Chipped Ivory
Soundboard Repair

Servicing the Kansas City, Gladstone, Overland Park
metropolitan area
with
moving • tuning • repairing • rebuilding • concert rentals
     
Jones Piano House
5742 N. Lenox Ave 
          Kansas City,  MO  64151

 816.587.1544

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