<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>I have no doubt your idea is a good one Mike. But I'm having trouble envisioning exactly what you are describing. A "kerf" - you mean just a blade width - maybe 1 or 1.5 mm or so? "3/4 of the way through the key" - where? Perpendicular to the long axis of the key? Cut down from the top? Sorry I'm so dense!  ;-)</div><div><br></div><div>Terry Farrell</div><div><br></div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"> <div><br>I have another idea, I've done it before with great success, cut a kerf 3/4 of the way through the key in the oppisite angle of the twist, put some Titebond in the cut & clamp it end to end until the kerf closes on top.</div> <div>You will now have a straight or semi-straight key.</div> <div>I had a Baldwin spinet that had about 5 or 6 of these, fixed them all that way.</div> <div><br>Michael Magness<br>Magness Piano Service<br>608-786-4404<br><a href="http://www.ifixpianos.com/" target="_blank">www.IFixPianos.com</a><br>email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com" target="_blank">mike@ifixpianos.com</a><br> </div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>