<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-885= 9-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER= -LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" bgColor=#ffffff><BR>Car= l,<BR><BR>How did you locate the key button position?<BR><BR>David Ilve= dson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, California<BR><BR><BR><BR> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5p= x; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: "Carl Meyer" <CMPIANO@COMCAST.NET><BR>To: spa= lding48@earthlink.net, "Pianotech List" <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received= : 2/5/2006 10:33:12 AM<BR>Subject: Re: Key Button Installation<BR><BR> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial>Here is a picture of a one inch sa= nder with a clamped board behind using short ends of angle brackets to = serve as a stop.  Adjust position with a straight edge against the= belt and clamp with a couple of squeeze clamps.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Now the second picture shows how you can just z= ip off the overhang without taking a bunch of wood off the key.  F= irst time I tried this without the stop, the dam key almost disappeared= .  Use 35 or 50 grit belts.  Works fast.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Carl Meyer PTG assoc<BR>Santa Clara, Ca.</FONT>= </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; M= ARGIN-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=spalding48@earthlink.net href="mailto:spaldi= ng48@earthlink.net">Michael Spalding</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, February 05, 2006 = 3:13 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Key Button Installa= tion</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Terry,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>David Betts gave a class on this (in Nashville?).  &nbsp= ; Can't find the handout.   For each section of keys, cut the= new buttons to the average angle and wider than the key.  Install= ation is in the keyframe in two batches,  every other key so you h= ave clearance in between.   Or three batches, if you wan= t to do the blacks separate from the whites.  Keys resting on wood= en bars so they are level and at the right height.   May have= to remove front punchings.  Straight edge on top of keys along fr= ont of buttons for alignment, both angular and front-to-back.  Sid= e-to-side alignment is provided by the balance rail pin.  No clamp= s required:  Tite-bond, hold in place for count of 7, move on= .   When fully cured, trim flush to key with band saw, f= inish with sandpaper block.  2 hours sounds optimistic, would you = settle for 4 to 5?  Clear as mud??</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mike </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"= ><B>From:</B> <A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarre= l2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org= href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 2/4/2006 10:02:19 PM </DIV= > <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Key Button Installation= </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I need to install new key buttons on 8= 8 keys. Never done it before. I have the Journals on CD, but have never= been able to do a search on them. I found an old article by Fern Henry= that described a very simple method/jig to do this task. The= few articles I have found suggest that many techs prefer to = replace button rather than rebush and complete the task in about t= wo hours. In two hours, following a modified Fern Henry method, I = have eight keys done. I've got 80 to go. At this pace it will take= me the better part of a week to install a set of key buttons.&nbs= p;Is anyone aware of a good article in the PTG Journal that descri= bes the procedure? I see the Jaras Key Button jig in the Schaff catalog= - anyone have an opinion on that? Anyone got any other favorite/excell= ent-result/fast method of replacing key buttons?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for any input.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLO= CKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BODY></HTML>