<!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 6.00.2800.1515" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Matthew,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Comments below.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Matthew Todd asked: "<FONT = face="Times New Roman" size=3> 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.<BR><BR>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.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3><FONT size=4><STRONG>For lack of a better term, I'd call it a key mortise patch.</STRONG><BR></FONT><BR>Thirdly, how does one go about to repair = such a problem so that I can put new tops on?</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT = face=Arial size=4><STRONG>I would replace the missing "patch" with a piece of = Basswood or Sugar Pine, (of which I have a whole bunch of.<G>) As for those = that are coming loose, reglue them.</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Regards,</FONT><BR></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>