worn key sides

[Farrell]

What is an onlay?

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Page" <jonpage@comcast.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 8:10 AM
Subject: worn key sides


> Dave,
> Install an onlay. Route off the top 1/4' or so with a drill press and
> plunge router bit.
>
> Old upright keys which haven't had the sides undermined make suitable
> onlays, cut the appropriate
> amount off the keys. Two things to bear in mind, depth of front rail pin
up
> into key and juxtaposition
> of the tails.
>
> If tail alignment is a problem, fabricate suitable onlays. For that
matter,
> the tail doesn't have to be replaced,
> just the head. Cut sufficiently into the key (1/4" is plenty) and add new
> stock cut to width.
> No one will feel or notice if the area below the onlay isn't flush. Of
> course the fronts will need replacing.
>
> If the sides hadn't been tapered, you could have built them up with
veneer.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon Page, piano technician
> Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
> mailto:jonpage@comcast.net
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