Hi Ron. Nice looking set. What do you use to drill the slots? John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 4:06 PM Subject: Re: Key Button Installation > >> I need to install new key buttons on 88 keys. Never done it before. I >> have the Journals on CD, but have never been able to do a search on >> them. I found an old article by Fern Henry that described a very >> simple >> method/jig to do this task. The few articles I have found suggest >> that >> many techs prefer to replace button rather than rebush and complete >> the >> task in about two hours. In two hours, following a modified Fern >> Henry >> method, I have eight keys done. I've got 80 to go. At this pace it >> will take me the better part of a week to install a set of key >> buttons. Is anyone aware of a good article in the PTG Journal that >> describes the procedure? I see the Jaras Key Button jig in the Schaff >> catalog - anyone have an opinion on that? Anyone got any other >> favorite/excellent-result/fast method of replacing key buttons? >> >> Thanks for any input. >> >> Terry Farrell > > > I put top plates and long buttons on that D+ I did last > summer. I made them out of poplar, with my funky plunge router > made from an old radial arm saw, cheap router motor, and ways > from a cheap cross feed vise. Position the straightedge on the > keys and clamp or tape it down so the keys are level. Bend key > pins as necessary to center them in the mortise. Get the > angles from the keys, mark and rough cut the buttons by > section or half section. Glue on every other one (Titebond), > going back and checking the previous section to make sure the > ends are glued down. Shift happens, so keep an eye on it. Then > do the other half of the set when the glue is dry, trim by > whatever method works, and block sand if necessary. > > I didn't time the process, but I'm not very fast at it. Half > fast, maybe. Figure about half a day. > > Ron N > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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