Kimball Consolette keytop problem

[Avery]

Michelle,

Personally, I'd prefer to send them to someone who does that for a 
living. They'll probably do a better job and considering the time and 
effort for you to do it, you'll probably come out cheaper. And better. JMO.

Avery

At 01:34 PM 1/28/2007, you wrote:
>Hi all.  I've just been asked to do a keytop replacement on a 
>Kimball Consolette.  This is the second one of these I've seen in my 
>community where the plastic is severely yellowed and shattered.
>
>The problem I'm encountering is that the "one size fits most" 
>keytops from Schaff are too wide on the tails.  Is there a certain 
>keytop I should buy for replacements or do I need to trim the Schaff 
>keytops?  Also, the original keytops are not shaped on the 
>sizes.  They are straight cut.
>
>Just so you know, this piano is in pretty bad shape but the little 
>90 year old lady who owns it would really like to be able to play 
>her piano again.
>
>Thanks for your help!
>
>Michelle Smith
>Smith Piano Service
>Bastrop, Texas
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