Keytop material?

[Richard Strang]

When I replaced the keytops on a German made Steinway, I called the factory
to see what they recommended. They sent me a set, $57.00, that fit
perfectly. No huss, no fuss. They were white and made out of plastic, but
they looked great installed. The same for the Kawai grand I did. The factory
sent me what was supposed to go on that particular piano and they fit
perfect. The Vagius may be great, but I haven't used them yet. I put on a
set of two piece keytops on a Yamaha once, and nearly lost my mind. I will
never use two piece keytops again. Hope this helps.

Richard Strang

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On
Behalf Of Dave Smith
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 4:19 PM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: Keytop material?


Calin, I am new to this and have only done two sets of keytops.  So take
this with a grain of salt....    I have used the Vagius one-piece keytops
and love them.  They are shaded and grained to look like ivory, and I really
liked the results.  Hopefully you will hear from those who are more
veterans.

Dave Smith
SW FL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Calin Tantareanu" <dnu@fx.ro>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 3:23 PM
Subject: Keytop material?


> Hello!
>
> I was wondering what material are you using for replacing keytops?
> I tried some plastic molded ones and they look like... plastic.
> Are there better alternatives? Something that doesn't have the plastic
look,
> more like ivory.
> What are the piano factories using nowadays?
>
>
>
>  Calin Tantareanu
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