Hi Stan, I have heard of the bead blasting before. What material are the beads made from, what is the size, and what pressure do you use? Do you have a cabinet made, if so what are the dimensions? Thank you. Regards, John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan Kroeker" <stan@pianoexperts.mb.ca> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 6:47 PM Subject: Re: Keytop material? > Calin, > > I do alot of keytop replacement and have got the process down to between 4 and > 5 hours. I use the ubiquitous molded plastic keytops all the time and I > believe the quality of the outcome is in all of the details, not just the > keytop material. ie: edges trimmed flush to sides of keys, consistant front > overhangs (where tops only are used), consistant square notches (always machine > cut), keysticks milled to preserve original key height, all sharp edges > softened (either with a file or by machine buffing), and finally, buffing the > new tops (they are always scratched right out of the box). On old sets, > bead-blasting the keysticks is the icing on the cake - makes the set look > like new. Seems to me all new piano keys are plastic. > > Best regards, > > Stan Kroeker > Registered Piano Technician > > Calin Tantareanu wrote: > > > Hello! > > > > I was wondering what material are you using for replacing keytops? > > I tried some plastic molded ones and they look like... plastic. > > Are there better alternatives? Something that doesn't have the plastic look, > > more like ivory. > > What are the piano factories using nowadays? > > > > Calin Tantareanu > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > http://calintantareanu.tripod.com > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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