<!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 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In respectful regard to Alan's comment copied below...While I'm all for learning how to do as much as possible, in reality, if you factor in your </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>hourly rate to do the occasional keytop work *by hand*, the cost to the customer can quickly exceed that of a sub-contracted job (and the value of a low end piano).  Furthermore, if you wish to decrease your time to lessen the cost, there will be expenses for the tooling and the set up time required.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Most keytop shops have dedicated machinery thus increasing accuracy while decreasing turnaround time and cost.  They do keytops for all qualities of pianos and see as many for "junk" spinets as high end grands.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Debbie</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><PRE>I would have to say that I strenuously disagree. For a fine piano rebuild, definitely. </PRE><PRE>But for average pianos, learn to do a decent, good-looking job and make some money. </PRE><PRE>It's not that hard. Alan Barnard</PRE></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>