<!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 6.00.2900.2912" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Exactly! I had to replace keytops on some damaged five-year-old (or so) Yamaha keys. A little heat gun and they just fell off. The little bit of glue residue can be scraped away very easily while the key/glue is still warm.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When you try it, just be ready to clean the glue off the top of the wood because that keytop will come off quicker and easier that you can imagine!</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"><BR> </DIV><FONT size=3>Assuming they're plastic, just apply a heat gun and start "pealing" away! <BR><BR>Avery <BR><BR>At 07:05 PM 7/23/2006, you wrote:<BR></FONT> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>GERALD, Seeing that you have just recovered a set of keys on a Samick piano, can you tell me how you removed the old ones please? I have to replace some keytops on a new Kawai that have been damaged, and don't know what to expect if I apply heat, or just start carving away!!<BR>Cheers.<BR>David Lawson Wangaratta Australia.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>