<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>Dale writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial size=3>   Bill Spurlock has  = a method for doing this as well & it's fairly low tech. I've done this a= few times with his method but it's a bit slow The secret is a flat piece of= steel with a hole fore the balance rail pin drilled in it.This slips over t= he pin on the keyframe in place of the balance punching & then the key i= s placed on top of it. The key front is lined up to a straight edge run= ning across the fronts of the keys & then it is pushed down on the steel= plate jig that has the tip of a center pin just protruding above the surfac= e of the jig on each end. This puts the reference marks about 1/2" on e= ither side of the balance hole. Remove the key ,cut out a the offending area= ,glue in a new piece off bass wood or whatever then hold the key in a cross = vice, lay the jig back in the reference marks & drill the new  hole= thru the locator hole in the jig. </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>We've used this method, too, maybe four times. The first time it took a= bout 10 or 12 hours, but it's now about a day. It works very well. Bill&nbsp= ;details it in the May 1990 PTJ. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bob Davis</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>