What are your favorite methods/tools for keybutton installation?

[gordon stelter]

This sounds very nice. The only "improvements" which
occur to me might be installing the first and last key
buttons, putting back in the piano and drawing a line
acros the keys for the fore-and aft orientation, and
perhaps leaving one edge of the keybutton stock uncut,
and hanging a little square over it to really insure
that the buttons are lined up true in relationship to
the graph lines.
     How do you feel about these?
     Thump

--- Ken Jankura <kenrpt@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I've tried my own method a few times and will use it
> again, as it seems
> quick and easy. I welcome any comments or
> improvements.
> I have a board (8x10) with graph paper lines drawn
> on it, and in the center,
> a balance rail pin (angled as if on the rail). The
> lines are for visually
> aligning the key and the strip of key buttons
> correctly perpendicular to
> each other.
> You can add 'hold down' clamps to keep the key flat
> to the board when
> gluing, if you wish.
> I use the CA/woodglue method.
> Put the key on the pin on the jig, and align the
> side of the front of the
> key with a grid line.
> Put a little CA glue on the key and wood glue on the
> button (still in a
> strip), and press firmly together, sighting the grid
> lines true, and keeping
> the button centered more or less on the pin.
> The CA grabs within seconds, and I remove it from
> the jig and put a spring
> clamp on and set it aside.
> Continue to do this with all the strips of key
> buttons, one key per strip.
> After I have finished gluing and clamping all eight
> or nine keys (five to
> ten minutes), I remove the clamp and flush trim each
> key on the bandsaw.
> Pretty up the sides with sandpaper if you wish (five
> minutes or so).  I have
> not had the bandsaw pull off any buttons. The lead
> time lets the CA really
> hold, I presume.
> I'm ready for the next set of eight or nine.
> The job seems to move very quickly, this way,
> You will be required to straighten some key pins
> upon reinstallation to
> square the keys, especially if there were a lot of
> keys that had buttons
> that were visibly off center originally.
> Ken Jankura RPT
> Fayetteville, PA
> 
> > What is the best way to install keybuttons? Using
> > whose jig?
> >      Respectfully,
> >      Thump
> 
> 
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