<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 = HTML//EN"> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Randy Potter`s folks sell an = "Omni Jig" which is for use with the router for key = resurfacing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Tom          &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;           &nb= sp;           &nbs= p;         </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: = 5px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Original = Message-----</B><BR><B>From: </B>Brian Trout <<A = href="mailto:btrout@desupernet.net">btrout@desupernet.net</A>><BR><B= >To: </B><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> = <<A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR><B>Date: </B>Wednesday, May 26, 1999 7:50 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Key Recovering<BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I've been interested in starting = to do my own key recovering again.  Years ago, I recovered a number of = sets with tops only, sometimes with separate fronts, but never the one piece kind.  I glued them on with Duco cement and sanded down the = sides with a 1" belt sander.  Those were in the 'good old days'... (a = lot of water went under the bridge since then...)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>The last few years, I've sent = sets to 4 or 5 different places that recover them, and the results are quite = mixed.  Some do good work, some is not so good.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Well, now I'm interested in = getting into it again, but I'm not sure what tools or jigs are available to assist = with this job.  I know things have come a long way since the early = '80s.  A few years ago, there was an ad in the Journal for the "Peterson = Router Guide", and there may have been others, but I've not seen = anything of this nature for a while.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>If any of you are recovering = your own keys, I'd be interested in how you're doing it.  Did you find jigs or = tools already made?  Did you make your own?  What kinds of glue = do you find work the best?  Is there an article in the Journal that = I've missed?  I do have access to most going back about 10 years or so.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Thanks for your = input.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Best wishes,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Brian Trout</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Quarryville, = Pa.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>