<!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 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, you could remove the entirety, wood and key front.  You should then glue new wood back on of an appropriate thickness so that your key dimension will remain as it was originally.  If you leave the wood off and glue on a new front, you will have too great an overhang on your key top.  It looks funny and is more prone to damage.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Debbie Legg</FONT></DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=richard.ucci@att.net href="mailto:richard.ucci@att.net">richard.ucci@att.net</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 02, 2008 1:26 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: steinway keys</DIV> <DIV>Couldn't get an image to come up, but yes , that is the situation. Is it norman to have that 1-2 mm piece of wood at the front with the ivory front glued to it? Couldn't I just remove the whole piece with the ivory still attached and glue on a new front?</DIV> <P> </P> <P>It may end up being a couple mm more in distance from the keyslip, but I don't think that would be a problem. <BR></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>