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You don't need an expensive router. Trying to do these by hand will convince you to buy one. Bill Spurlock had a couple of homade jigs. One for trimming sides and the other for trimming the notch. You can probably search to PTG magazine archives for plans.I have done may a keytop job with these. They work great.<BR>
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Dick Day<BR>
Marshall MI<BR><BR><BR>
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From: ilvey@sbcglobal.net<BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Subject: keytop trimming<BR>Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:35:37 -0700<BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>can anyone give me an idea for the most accurate and least costly way of trimming new keytops? I have installed the German one peace tops and fronts sold by Pianotek and now need to perform the worse part of the job... Filing these is a time consuming activity! So I'm thinking the obvious thing to do is cut the tops flush with the side of the key and round off the edges and corners afterward. I don't have a router and don't really want to get one, so how about a Dremel? Would that work worth a darn? Any suggestions? I have no plans of going into the keytop business but I have two other pianos that need tops and I'm to cheap to send the work out. The way I see it is I have the time so why not just keep that extra money I would spend to farm the work out. Thanks as always!</FONT></DIV>
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