Broken Key

[David ilvedson]

I still think the birch veneer is the way to go.  It will hold 
as well as needed and looks like wood!  I would use wood glue 
unless time was a problem.

David ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA

> From:          RalphBl@AOL.COM
> Date:          Sat, 14 Nov 1998 17:51:25 EST
> To:            pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject:       Re: Broken Key
> Reply-to:      pianotech@ptg.org

> Hi John:
> 
> You wrote: 
> >I use metal tape from car repair, for the
> reinforcing. It is strong and thin, so filing is not required.<
> 
> Thanks for the suggestions! The response was really quite good...some ideas I
> already knew about but yours intrigues me. I went searching for the metal tape
> at an auto supply store but they had nothing like that and didn't really know
> what I was talking about. Could you give me some more specifics about it? My
> son is an auto painter and if I could reach him, might shed some light on it
> but he's out for the weekend. The store had some metal adhesive-backed sheets
> made by the Bondo people that might serve the purpose. You simply cut it with
> scissors to shape, peal off the backing and stick to the, in this case, key.
> It had a sort of web-like (lots of holes) appearance. I think its purpose is
> to support the application of Bondo over holes in car bodies or something like
> that.
> 
> Anyway, thanks for the response and I look forward to hearing from you.
> 
> Ralph
> 
> 
David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA
ilvey@jps.net