Key Repair

[Ed Sutton]

Jack-
It can be done nicely if you have patience and a good hand for woodwork.
Remove tops and fronts.
Scrape or lightly plane the sides to clean wood.
Glue strips of basswood on the clean wood "facets." Hobby shop basswood is fine.
I use felt pads, strips of plexiglas and light spring clamps to clamp the wood strips.
Make gadgets to saw, plane and sand away the excess wood, matching the bottom edges of the keys.
Recover.
Ed Sutton
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jack Houweling 
  To: Pianotech List 
  Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 11:04 PM
  Subject: Key Repair


  Hello everyone,

  Can anyone give me any suggestions on how to repair the sides of these keys. I do not want to buy new keys. I will be replacing the keytops so that won't be a problem. The sides have to be built up and I was thinking either a filler or trim the sides down and add new wood. Any ideas would be appreciated.

  Thanks,
  Jack Houweling
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