Someone gave me a piano that has a broken key. It's not possible to re-glue it together because there is a part missing: it broke at the balance rail hole, of course, and one of the sides of the hole is missing. I don't think I can manufacture the missing piece so that it fits onto the balance rail pin effectively. Is there a service somewhere that reproduces individual keys? Any ideas for repair would be appreciated. Tom Sivak P.S. No, this isn't exactly a Steinway we're discussing here. (It came with a damp chaser bar down below the elbows.) But someday I might come across a Steinway with the same problem, and through the accumulated wisdom of the list, I'd know how to deal with it!
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