steinway keys

[pianolady50 at peoplepc.com]

Yes, you could remove the entirety, wood and key front.  You should then glue new wood back on of an appropriate thickness so that your key dimension will remain as it was originally.  If you leave the wood off and glue on a new front, you will have too great an overhang on your key top.  It looks funny and is more prone to damage.  

Debbie Legg
----- Original Message ----- 
  From: richard.ucci at att.net 
  To: Pianotech List 
  Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 1:26 PM
  Subject: Re: steinway keys
  Couldn't get an image to come up, but yes , that is the situation. Is it norman to have that 1-2 mm piece of wood at the front with the ivory front glued to it? Couldn't I just remove the whole piece with the ivory still attached and glue on a new front?


  It may end up being a couple mm more in distance from the keyslip, but I don't think that would be a problem. 

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