Or replace the missing portion with West's epoxy and colloidal filler, and machine to fit. I replaced the wippen "prongs" ( where the jack is pinned to) for an 1878 Knabe 7'8" grand with obsolete wippens this way. Worked like a charm! Bushed the epoxy n' everthing! ( Seems someone really pounded the last octave of the keyboard! Perhaps U.S Grant, who was alleged to have liked this piano in particular! ) Thump --- Tvak@aol.com wrote: > 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! > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/
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