Dear Friends, Ingredients: 1 large helping of cold weather 1 large field several small field mice 1 warm and toasty trailer house 1 energetic Scotty dog 1 35-year-old Aeolian spinet 1 sweet, elderly, disabled, widowed lady 1 piano technician Take large helping cold weather and add quickly to field until mice decide to take refuge in trailer house. Add 1 Scotty dog to trailer house. Mix well! When Scotty dog begins chasing (and catching) said rodents, take one (or more) enterprising rodents and mix well with spinet. Allow mixture to sit for several days (or weeks, or however much time you desire until mouse feels urge to make a nest in said piano). When bored mouse has sharpened its teeth sufficiently on surrounding piano keys, allow rodent to disappear. When desired results are achieved, have elderly lady call local piano technician and complain about the sluggish action of spinet. Seriously folks, the above story is true. I encountered my first piano key that had been chewed all the way through, and I want to make the sweet lady happy by fixing her beloved piano. Several questions: 1. What type of wood is best for making a new key? 2. Where can I obtain some of this wood? 3. Any hints or warnings involved in making a replacement key? Thanks! David David A. Vanderhoofven, RPT Joplin, Missouri, USA e-mail: dkvander@clandjop.com web page: http://www.clandjop.com/~dkvander/ #pianotech page: http://www.clandjop.com/~dkvander/ircpiano.html
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