<< I guess I'll just have to take a perfectly good keytop off and see if there's any linen underneath. All this is not of great import, of course - I'm just interested to know if they sometimes did it this way (just using hide glue) sometimes. >> Many STeinway pianos used no linen. I have repaired quite a few that did and didn't! Check your level without, and if correct, I would suggest a very thin whiting mixture on the old wood, (clean well, first), and then attachment with PVC-E glue. Ed Foote RPT http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html <A HREF="http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/399/six_degrees_of_tonality.html"> MP3.com: Six Degrees of Tonality</A>
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