David S ( no c) said: <It seems like it would depend upon the length of the straight portion of the key stick for a particular model. I must not be understanding the question. Yeah...I hit the send button before that post had fully ripened. What I meant to say was, tooling up to make a "for sale" jig means making the jig fit many different applications and key configurations. This jig works if it has a flat plane to sit on. Any key which has no sole would work fine with the jig as designed, since the keys bottom offers a nice flat plane for the jig to sit on. On the other hand, some keys have a sole. Depending on the length of the sole, and on whether that sole is proud of the bottom of the key or flush with the bottom, a one size fits all jig length becomes a bit tricky-er. My question was how common is it for the sole to project. Those of you who have been looking at key bottoms for 30 yrs, I thought, might have more of an idea of how common the projecting sole is, and maybe even how wildly the relative length of that sole varies. My own private plan, since the jig is so dead easy to make, was not to worry about it, and spend the couple of hours to make a custom jig if some key bottom configuration comes along that doesn't fit the existing design. Jim Ialeggio -- Jim Ialeggio jim at grandpianosolutions.com (978) 425-9026 Shirley, MA
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