DS has just ripped several ivories off the piano keys...

[MrFibble]

Professional help or stick them back on myself with superglue? It's a 200 year old piano so I am worried that I might need some special sort of glue. What do you think?

Professional help. Will cost but with an old piano you don't know what is on there.
At least phone them anyway and ask what they think. Our piano tuner used to 'fix' ours.

My piano tuner stuck a few of ours back on - he said to use epoxy not superglue. He also said once they start to fall off you usually get lots go. Our piano is about 100 yrs old, so might be different advice for an older one - but I suspect not.

Thanks for the help. I'm hoping that no more will fall off as the piano was professionally restored about 5 years ago and I'd be marginally dischuffed if that was to happen. I think DS (2 yo) really had a go at them to get them off. He is a real destroyer by nature. I also found 3 toy tractors and 2 playmobile men inside the piano which explained the unwanted resonance I was getting. Ho hum. Off to call my lovely piano tuner. Thanks again.

Maybe you should ask the tuner about fitting a lock to the lid?