<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.3018.900" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks, Matt.  I'm following a couple = leads.  We'll see what turns up, eh?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Have a musical day,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Karen</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:RustRazor@AOL.COM" title=RustRazor@AOL.COM>RustRazor@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 23, 2001 = 4:05 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: key tops</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Hi Karen:<BR><BR>If you are a guild member, why don't = you ask around at your next meeting.  <BR>Piano techs, like myself who = have done a number of key recoverings usually <BR>have amassed a collection of = old ivory keytops for use in situations just the <BR>one you are in.  Ask = if you can borrow a bucket of old ivories and just match <BR>them the best = you can to the piano.  Sometimes you may have to file the edges <BR>of the = ivory a little to fit the key.  I definately recommend removing the = <BR>old glue from the key and ivory before gluing the replacement one on.  I = <BR>don't know if keytop dimensions are on-file for 100 year old pianos and I <BR>suggest that trying to find the "correct" ivories that way won't = get you very <BR>far.<BR><BR>Good Luck, Matt<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>