In a message dated 98-02-05 00:30:42 EST, you write: >Dear Friends, > >Ingredients: > >1 large helping of cold weather >1 large field >several small field mice >1 warm and toasty trailer house >1 energetic Scotty dog >1 35-year-old Aeolian spinet >1 sweet, elderly, disabled, widowed lady >1 piano technician > >Take large helping cold weather and add quickly to field until mice decide >to take refuge in trailer house. Add 1 Scotty dog to trailer house. Mix >well! When Scotty dog begins chasing (and catching) said rodents, take >one (or more) enterprising rodents and mix well with spinet. Allow mixture >to sit for several days (or weeks, or however much time you desire until >mouse feels urge to make a nest in said piano). When bored mouse has >sharpened its teeth sufficiently on surrounding piano keys, allow rodent to >disappear. When desired results are achieved, have elderly lady call local >piano technician and complain about the sluggish action of spinet. > >Seriously folks, the above story is true. I encountered my first piano key >that had been chewed all the way through, and I want to make the sweet lady >happy by fixing her beloved piano. > >Several questions: >1. What type of wood is best for making a new key? >2. Where can I obtain some of this wood? >3. Any hints or warnings involved in making a replacement key? > >Thanks! >David > > If the mice are still present, try molding a key out of plasitc. I have never had to make a whole key from scratch. Maybe someone else has done it before. Good luck. Willem Blees
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