[pianotech] removing old celluloid key tops

Jon Page jonpage at comcast.net
Tue Dec 30 12:42:35 PST 2008


>As I have access to a milling machine I was thinking of mill the celluloid
>off. Has anyone experience with this ?

Flying chips/shrapnel. I don't recommend it.  Heat the material with an
old clothes iron buffered with aluminum (aluminium across the pond) foil.

Peel off with a blade, fill any tear-outs and plane the surface to 
the appropriate
depth to accept the new covering.

Regards,

Jon Page
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