[pianotech] Selecting Keytop Replacement

Duane McGuire pianoman at duanemcguire.com
Wed Dec 2 06:37:08 MST 2009


Black penetrating dye?  What product do you recommend?

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 6:21 AM, Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft <
AlliedPianoCraft at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  I agree with William. And if you have a problem with color wear, just
> swipe them with some black penetrating dye and buff. They'll look like new.
>
> Al
>
>
>  *From:* William Monroe <bill at a440piano.net>
> *Sent:* Monday, November 30, 2009 8:12 AM
> *To:* pianotech at ptg.org
> *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] Selecting Keytop Replacement
>
> Matthew,
>
> If the sharps are in good condition, just clean and buff them and IME, they
> will match up just fine.
>
> William R. Monroe
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net>wrote:
>
>>   Good evening,
>>
>> I will be sending a set of keys to Leon for top/front replacement this
>> week.  I just wanted to ask your opinions.
>>
>> The piano is a 1948 Baldwin M.  The whites are chipped, some are missing,
>> etc.  The sharps actually look fairly good.  Now, I was first just going to
>> request whites only.  Leon uses the molded tops/fronts.  Then I realized
>> that quite possibly when I got them back and matched them up with the sharps
>> (which are ebony), the sharps wouldn't look so good, and may look like I
>> should of had the sharps replaced as well.
>>
>> My final conclusion as of now, is to have the off-white German tops/fronts
>> and to have the ebony sharps refinished.  The refinished definitely won't be
>> the high gloss the plastics give.
>>
>> Is there a particular white key/sharp combo that would look the best?  Or
>> is this stupid?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Matthew
>>
>
>


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