<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>The best way is with  spiral fluted = router.  You have to build a jig that guides the key over the router which is held in = plate on a router table.  I think Bill Spurlock wrote either one or a = series of articles in the PTJ a few years back in which he diagrammed the = jig.  The guild office also may have a collection of reprints on "Keys" that = includes those articles.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=HazenBannister@cs.com href="mailto:HazenBannister@cs.com">HazenBannister@cs.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> January 12, 2002 9:04 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Keytops</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>List, = <BR>What is the best way to get perfect notches.on keytops replacements.I file the = notches,but no matter how careful I am,they never have that factory quality look. = <BR>Are there machines you can buy for this? <BR>Thanks, <BR>Hazen = Bannister</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>