Super glued plate

[James Baker]

Thank you, Master!  Thank you for explaining that.  I, of course, have seen
keytops sunk down into every crevice of the key and wondered what  caused
this miraculous thing.

James Baker (Grasshopper)


> James;
>  Back in the days when Dinosaurs still roamed the earth, and Jack Wyatt
was a
> young man, a mixture of keytops melted in Acetone was used to apply new
> keytops. This was used in the factory as well as in the field. Long after
the
> factories stopped using the stuff individual techs stilled used it and
many
> still do.
>   For the old 'pyralin' keytops it worked very well but if you used too
much
> acetone, vs keytop material, the tops would 'suck' down into any holes in
the
> keytop...........this gives the effect of 'dimples' which you are probably
> used to seeing and wondering where they came from...... :-) The 'new'
molded
> keytop material is more susceptible to this dimpling than the old pyralin
and
> that is one reason the thingees are so danged thick...............
>
> <<"but the piano
>
> world is new, wonderful and strange in my eyes">>
> May it ever remain such Butterfly..............
> anon..............