small piano key repairs

[Paul Chick (Earthlink)]

Subject: RE: small piano key repairs

Webb Phillips wood repair kit comes to mind. It can be built up and is
very strong and solid.

Marcel Carey, RPT

> I just got home from seeing the worst mouse damaged keys on
> a small 40 inch
> upright. Is there a viable way to repair these?
> Two of the keys on either side of the treble break are 3/4 missing.
>
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
>
I'll second that. Webb Philips Wood Rebuilder will work well. It is pine
colored,very strong, and you can shape it with common woodworking
tool-chisals, rasps, sandpaper.  Another approach would be to splice the
keys using old key sticks and scarf joints.

Paul C