<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>HTML Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE>P { MARGIN: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2995" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Awhile back, I did a set of keytops for a  refinisher/rebuilder.  About a week later I got a call from his wife.  She was in charge of stripping the piano and had merely covered the keys with a single layer of newspaper.  Who knows *why* the keys were put in/left in prior to refinishing.  The piano was tipped on it's back while she stripped the keyslip.  I haven't a clue as to why it wasn't removed but neither were the cheek blocks :(  When she removed the newspaper she had severely cratered keytops.  She tried to make it better by "cleaning" them with ????  Results-smeared craters!  Lesson learned I hope.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Debbie</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <P>Unfortunately, he left the newly covered keys near the piano when applying stripper, or laid a rag on them, or something. Oog. The whole set pitted like the surface of the moon. </P> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </P> <P>Alan Barnard<BR>Salem, MO<BR>Joshua 24:15<BR><BR><BR></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>