keytops (Modified by Kent Swafford)

[Roger Jolly]

  Hi Mpiano.
                      It would be nice if you would use your name.   
However I have posted a photo essay that may help.

  1.  Iron on veneer is the best way to build up the sides of keys.   It  
will just iron on with a regular clothes iron.  Just sand the sides  
flush after you have built up the keys.   I like the whiteness of  
birch, it gives a factory looking job.

  2.  Fit the keys on the frame and make adjustments by sanding the very  
narrow gaps.

  3.  We mill the key tops, removing about 0.030" so that we have a  
perfectly flat and parallel keytop. this will give a much better glue  
joint.  We send photos at a later date if need be. ( note the nice  
clean notch at the rear of the molding.)

  3.  Once the keytop's are glued on, a good notching job makes or  
breaks the finish product. get a fairly small tooth file that will fit  
between the keys.  Take it to a machinist, and have him/her grind the  
sides to a polished finish.  This way you will not damage the right  
angled side of the notch.

  4.  Clamp a straight edge to the keys as shown. Use as a filing guide   
A fool proof factory looking job every time :-D

  5.  A built up mouse repair using west systems epoxy and micro filer.

  Regards Roger



  At 09:24 AM 4/7/2005, you wrote:

   
>  I have a Currier spinet that a client wants new keytops to be  
> installed. Upon removing the keys, I found that the old keytops were a  
> sandwich type of plastic wrapped around a thin key. If I put the  
> regular replacement keytops on then the sides of the key would be too  
> thin to fit the keytop.
>  Has anyone come across this? The old keys were really the white  
> plastic that was attached to the thin wooden key by a crinkling of the  
> plastic on the inside part.
>  Any help would be appreciated.
> Mpianotex@aol.com


Photos at:

http://tinyurl.com/6ent7

http://tinyurl.com/47pml

http://tinyurl.com/5etla

http://tinyurl.com/444ap

http://tinyurl.com/6plvs


Direct ptg.org URLs:

https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/files/attachments/ee/91/45/23/ 
keytopnotch.jpg

https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/files/attachments/af/61/56/df/File.jpg

https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/files/attachments/e8/4e/d5/7a/notch.jpg

https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/files/attachments/81/7d/de/4f/spacing.jpg

https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/files/attachments/fc/05/23/62/Veneer.jpg