Cracked Keybed

[Ron Nossaman]

>Dang, I didn't know anyone was making keybeds out of that kind of stuff.
>Hope I never have to fix one!
>
>Brian T.


I have no idea if they still use the stuff, or how long they did/have. I've
probably tuned hundreds of them without noticing. The thing is, the stuff
worked just fine as a keybed, and would probably still be working fine if
the Moving and Destroyage guys hadn't worked their own magic on it. It's
like today's use of MDF for cases. The stuff may not have the sex appeal of
"real" lumber, but if it doesn't detract from function... In any case
(sorry), it wasn't all that tough to make a new keybed, and with less
sweeping up afterwards than if I had routed out for an inlay in a
repairable keybed.

I mis-typed "repairable" as "reparable", but that would be telling the
story twice - wouldn't it?  <G>
 
Ron N