<!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 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've replaced modern Yamaha keytops. A heat gun and a knife is all you need to remove - they practically fall off.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>However, I agree with other suggestions for simply polishing the sanding scratches out. A good buffing wheel would do it in about 30 seconds (being careful to not heat the plastic too much). But if no shop tools, as someone else suggested, sand with finer grits and then use some sort of a hand polish. Plastic keytops polish up very nicely.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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"> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>G'Day fellow techs. Can anyone tell me how is the best way to remove damaged key tops from the modern piano i.e Kawai?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I will need to travel a long way to repair one damaged key top on a K-18 model and will not have a workshop to assist me with bench tools. I do not like the idea of steaming, which would probably not work anyway, and knifing it off sounds pretty dangerous. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This problem was caused by some glue being left on the side of the key top, ( from the factory), then being sanded off to remove it, and subsequently removing the polish from the key. Customer needs all her keys to appear polished it seems!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David Lawson </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wangaratta Australia</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>