Keytop trimmin'

[Michael Gamble]

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Surely you should be ggggnawing at your Post?

Michael G.(UK)

 

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From: Alan Barnard [mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net] 
Sent: 05 October 2005 20:50
To: tune4u@earthlink.net, Pianotech
Subject: RE: Keytop trimmin'

 

Ooops.

 

My post is knawing at me, I gnow it should be gnaw, gnow that I think of it.

 

Alan Barnard

Salem, Missouri

 

 

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From: Alan Barnard <mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net>  

To: Pianotech <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org> 

Sent: 10/05/2005 3:47:21 PM 

Subject: RE: Keytop trimmin'

 

As the the fronts, just use a flat file to trim them flush. Or, if you're a
little braver and want to speed it up, use a Dremmel with a sanding wheel.
Or start with the Dremmel and do final trim with the file. Or train gerbils
to knaw off the excess. Your choice.

 

As to the tails: You WANT the plastic to go far enough under the fallboard
felt so that no wood shows. You have to trim the plastic flush with the
sides of the key, of course. If key thickness is the problem, then I ask,
"Did you sand/plane the keytops down so the overall dimension with the new
tops is the same?" Or, I might ask, "Can you shim or otherwise adjust the
fallboard up a tad?" Or, I might ask, "Why do cannibals refuse to eat
clowns?" 

 

You don't need a lot of clearance between the key and the nameboard felt.
(?)  Maybe you can clarify the problem for us ....

 

Alan Barnard

Salem, Missouri

 

 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Matthew <mailto:toddpianoworks@yahoo.com>  Todd 

To: Pianotech <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org> 

Sent: 10/05/2005 3:29:39 PM 

Subject: Keytop trimmin'

 

Hey guys,

 

I am in the middle of my third keytop replacement job.  As it turns out, the
tails of the tops are about a 1/4'' too long.  If I put them on, they will
probably get in the way of the fallboard.  Is there a way to cut the tail
length??  And the keytop front goes down past the key quite a bit too.

 

Matthew


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