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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jack-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It can be done nicely if you have patience and a
good hand for woodwork.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Remove tops and fronts.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Scrape or lightly plane the sides to clean
wood.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Glue strips of basswood on the clean wood "facets."
Hobby shop basswood is fine.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I use felt pads, strips of plexiglas and light
spring clamps to clamp the wood strips.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Make gadgets to saw, plane and sand away the excess
wood, matching the bottom edges of the keys.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Recover.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed Sutton</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jackhouweling@dccnet.com href="mailto:jackhouweling@dccnet.com">Jack
Houweling</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> Friday, May 09, 2008 11:04 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Key Repair</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello everyone,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can anyone give me any suggestions on how to
repair the sides of these keys. I do not want to buy new keys. I will be
replacing the keytops so that won't be a problem. The sides have to be built
up and I was </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>thinking either
a filler or trim the sides down and add new wood. Any ideas would be
appreciated.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jack
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