Celluloid keytops

[Jim Coleman, Sr.]

Hi Cia:

The term "waterfall keytop" refers to the type of key top which which does
not have an overhang at the front, but falls down over the front of the 
keystick to become the keyfront. I don't know anyone who still makes the
celluloid keytop material with the wavy grain lines. Those were usually
about .040" thick.

Jim Coleman, Sr.


On Thu, 24 Sep 1998 Cia440A@AOL.COM wrote:

> Greetings to all ,
> 
> I am planning to have a set of old upright keys recovered. I don't much care
> for the look of the thick white plastic that is generally used, so my question
> is this: Does any one know of a service that will recover keys with the old
> style celluloid ? I believe these were also called "waterfall keys", named for
> the straight lines in them. Methinks  they would look nicer on on this big guy
> I'm working on.
>                                 
> This is my first post to the List . Happy to be among you , and thanks in
> advance for any  info that you might have.  :-)  
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> Cia DiTommaso
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> Waltham, MA
>