<!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>Matthew,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When I worked at Sherman Clay, I learned that there is more than one way to do something.   A great piano technician taught me this trick and it has worked for me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Get the key on something flat and get it lined up correctly: maybe using another key beside it for the right attack.   Put a few drops of CA glue on it, just enough to work with it.   </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At a music store, get a snare drum bottom head which is usually clear.   Cut two strips as wide as the key is high and long enough to cover the side of the key, or about six inches.   Now coat both the key sides and one side of the two strips of drum head with contact cement.   When the glue is dry to the touch, press it onto the two sides of the key and rub well.   You will find that the drum head is thin enough so that usually no sanding is necessary.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I tried this on a cheep spinet piano where the young boy student had banged so hard he broke a half dozen keys.   I used this method and the piano is still playing today, with no problems.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is always more than one way of doing things, but you might give it a try.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>William</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>PIANO BOUTIQUE<BR>William Benjamin<BR>The tuner alone,<BR>Preserves the tone.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>