This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I`ve been using a laminate trimmer bit w/ the router table for the = bottom of the key fronts. Extra length on the tail should fit in with = the key resurfacing unless you`re dealing with short keys with a quick = dogleg (just an expression). Tom ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Alan Barnard=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 2:47 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?"=20 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 -----=20 From: Matthew Todd=20 To: Pianotech Sent: 10/05/2005 3:29:39 PM=20 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/45/d7/34/df/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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