trimming new keytops

[John Ross]

I use a 1" belt sander, then file the notch, and refine the edges by hand file.
Be sure to pad the vise jaw, that is against the keytop in the vice.
Keep on meaning to make a jig, since 1975, but never got around to it.
I do have all the tools necessary to make the different jigs mentioned in articles, and on the list. is that called procrastinating? :-)
John Ross
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Shawn Brock 
  To: Pianotech List 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 1:51 PM
  Subject: trimming new keytops


  List,

  can anyone give me an idea for the most accurate and least costly way of trimming new keytops?  I have installed the German one peace tops and fronts sold by Pianotek and now need to perform the worse part of the job...  Filing these is a time consuming activity!  So I'm thinking the obvious thing to do is cut the tops flush with the side of the key and round off the edges and corners afterward.  I don't have a router and don't really want to get one, so how about a Dremel?  Would that work worth a darn?  Any suggestions?  I have no plans of going into the keytop business but I have two other pianos that need tops and I'm to cheap to send the work out.  The way I see it is I have the time so why not just keep that extra money I would spend to farm the work out.  Thanks as always!

  Shawn Brock, RPT
  513-316-0563
  www.shawnbrock.com
John M.Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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