keytops

[Carl Meyer]

To clarify---Notice that the top of the key was cut with a rotary safety
planer before the front was cut off.  Cutting off enough of the front so
that the length's the same after as before is necessary so that the key slip
fits as before.  I've seen too many keytop jobs that glued the thick plastic
over the old front and that required the key slip to be spaced back.  TACKY!

I always remove the ivory before planing.  The ivory is brittle and I don't
like the noise it makes when it hits the safety planer (keeps me awake).

Carl Meyer  Assoc. PTG
Santa Clara, California
cmpiano@home.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Meyer" <cmpiano@home.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2001 12:15 PM
Subject: keytops


> Here is a close up of the key front cutter gadget.  The key nests in the
> corner of the block and the magnetic base.  A slight taper can be sanded
> down and to the left of the block so that the key will be close into the
> corner.
>
> Carl Meyer  Assoc. PTG
> Santa Clara, California
> cmpiano@home.com
>