keytops

[MICHAEL MORVAN]

List,
    Well said Debbie. Keytops and their application should be taken very seriously. They are the foundation of a well playing action, the player's interactive medium with the piano and one of the most important aesthetics of the instrument. Playing on worn keys is discouraging to students and disruptive to the accomplished. I'm off my soapbox now. Cheers.

Michael A. Morvan
Blackstone Valley Piano
Dedicated To Advancing The Art Of Keyboard Restoration
76 Sutton Street
Uxbridge, Ma. 01569
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www.pianoandorgankeys.com                                                                                              

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: pianolady50 at peoplepc.com 
  To: Pianotech List 
  Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 9:20 PM
  Subject: Re: Kimball Consolette keytop problem


  As one final comment on the topic (from me, at least)....Remember that it is totally appropriate, aesthetically correct, and in most cases, for ease of case part fitting, necessary to maintain not only the same overall key thickness but length from the balance rail hole to the front of the key.  This usually requires a method for removing not only the key front and top but the required thickness of key wood from both surfaces.

  Debbie
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