> Hello, My name is Jaume Fabregas... Greetings, Jaume. >...I wanted to ask how to protect felt from moth. >Today I serviced a piano which was quite badly >eaten and the owner was a little worried. My understanding is new felts are pre-treated. Enoz is the name of one product for treating existing felts. >I also wanted to ask if there is a relationship between moth and woodborer... Don't know, but there was a recent discussion on this. Check archives at http://www.ptg.org/archive/pianotech.php/ >I am going to replace the white keytops... 1) Remove with heat and moisture (steam iron and dampened washcloth), use tops only, clean and spray paint the fronts to match, plane the tops of the keys with a rotary planer to allow for the extra thickness in the new keytops, use contact cement for glue, then remove excess keytop material with a sander and hand file. 2) Or send keys to a person who is properly equipped to do this type work 3) And / or to convention classes and learn how it is done by others. Keith McGavern kam544@earthlink.net Registered Piano Technician Oklahoma Chapter 731 Piano Technicians Guild USA http://www.ptg.org/1999/conv/ PTG Convention, Kansas City, July
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