<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I have run across, a few older pianos, that had that piece of wood. I think it was easier for them to drill, the hole for the front keypin, all the way through, then add the wood on top.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Quite frequently, the come out, in pieces.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I have just cut a piece of 1/8" plywood, and filled the hole, and put the plastic one piece keytops, on top. If I were doing a whole keyboard.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I can't see where a piece of 1/8" plywood wouldn't work for individual repairs.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=toddpianoworks@yahoo.com href="mailto:toddpianoworks@yahoo.com">Matthew Todd</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 27, 2005 2:49 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Key Trouble</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <P>I have a few missing keytops on my old practice piano.  I noticed that on some of the keys without the tops, a thin piece of wood that was once glued to the top of the keystick, has come loose.  Now, there are others where that thin piece of wood is splintered and some are missing.</P> <P>First of all, I hope you all know what I am talking about, and second, can someone please give me the proper term for this "thin piece of wood glued over the keystick" as I feel pretty dumb explaining it this way.</P> <P>Thirdly, how does one go about to repair such a problem so that I can put new tops on?</P> <P>Mucho Gracias!<BR>Matthew</P></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <P>__________________________________________________<BR>Do You Yahoo!?<BR>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <BR>http://mail.yahoo.com </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>