Replacing keytops

[David ilvedson]

> Date:          Wed, 30 Apr 1997 22:15:49 -0700
> From:          Warren Fisher <fish@COMMUNIQUE.NET>
> Subject:       Re: Replacing keytops
> To:            pianotech@byu.edu
> Reply-to:      pianotech@byu.edu

Bill Spurlock in the Journal!

ilvey
Pacifica, CA


> Jon Page wrote:
> >
> > I don't trust myself with belt sanders for trimming, so I hand file and fit
> > tail notches to sharps.
> > Takes time but it comes out nice.  Where's a trimming machine?
>
> Somewhere I saw a jig with a router table and a formica trimming bit
> with the guide bearing that allowed an exact flush cut on the long an
> straight edges with stops to prevent messing up the sharp mortice.  I
> believe he used a file to shape the sharp area also.
>
> Is that how you do it?
>
> Warren
> >
>
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