Kimball Consolette keytop problem

[Avery]

Thanks, Debbie. I "strenuously" agree! :-) I've got better things I 
can do with my time
and do a better job of it!

Avery Todd
University of Houston

At 06:01 PM 1/28/2007, you wrote:
>In respectful regard to Alan's comment copied below...While I'm all 
>for learning how to do as much as possible, in reality, if you 
>factor in your hourly rate to do the occasional keytop work *by 
>hand*, the cost to the customer can quickly exceed that of a 
>sub-contracted job (and the value of a low end piano).  Furthermore, 
>if you wish to decrease your time to lessen the cost, there will be 
>expenses for the tooling and the set up time required.
>
>Most keytop shops have dedicated machinery thus increasing accuracy 
>while decreasing turnaround time and cost.  They do keytops for all 
>qualities of pianos and see as many for "junk" spinets as high end grands.
>
>Debbie
>
>
>I would have to say that I strenuously disagree. For a fine piano 
>rebuild, definitely.
>But for average pianos, learn to do a decent, good-looking job and 
>make some money.
>It's not that hard.
>
>Alan Barnard
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