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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've been using the "German Keytops =
With Fronts" in
"light cream" from Pianotek #KTF-5C. I just love 'em - they are very =
attractive.
Ask Jon Rolinovsky what it is like gluing them on - <A
href="mailto:ralinoj@muohio.edu">ralinoj@muohio.edu</A> - he does =
my keytop
work for me - and a mighty dandy job I might add!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>I =
tried a new
set of keytops, for me, today...Kluge. I usually use =
Schaff's
keytops...the Kluge were in connected sets of 7...C through =
B.
Right off the bat I had to break the sets apart, which was a pain...in =
fact
until I figured out the secret (carefully break from the tail until =
down to
the front, then bend/break in that plane), I broke one front and had =
to
carefully fit that together when gluing...after that I found (opposite =
of the
Schaff keytops) that the keytop front didnt' want to adhere to the =
front of
the key...in other words it didn't have any inherent pressure towards =
the
key's front surface. With the Schaff, the angle of the =
keytop
front made the adhesion good but tended to push the keytop up at the =
top front
area and I'd get separation unless I clamped. The Kluge =
keytop
fronts are apparently at 90 degrees to the top. I ended up using =
blue
painters tape to come from the key button stretched across the keytop =
and over
the front and underneath the key to apply pressure and keep the front =
against
the keys front surface...I hope this is clear? At first I =
didnt'
like the difference but in retrospect I didn't have to clamp the keys, =
the
blue tape did the trick...<BR><BR>Anyone else have any comments about
Kluge...whatever...<BR><BR><BR>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica,
California<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>