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<DIV>Mpianotex,</DIV>
<DIV> Now that you have described them thoroughly, the =
key you
are describing sounds like an "Essex" key. This was a key made by =
Pratt
& Read co. in which they were trying to make keyboards of more =
plastic than
wood (it failed). The key is about an eighth of an inch thick and covers =
the
sides of the key as well as the top. There is only a sliver of actual =
wood in
this thick plastic molding. I Have several of them in my shop, they were =
part of
the supplies and tools I acquired from Frank Stopa which he =
acquired from
Pratt & Read when they went out of business. I agree with Greg and =
Patrick,
this keyboard will either need to be built up on all dimensions or =
a new
one built from scratch. The cost of both of these options will =
probably
make your client faint or have a heart attack. Mike Morvan</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=MPianotex@aol.com
href="mailto:MPianotex@aol.com">MPianotex@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 07, 2005 =
5:05
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: keytops</DIV>
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<DIV>From the to they keys look ordinary. When you actually take them =
out of
the piano you see that the white keycovers are actually not attached =
to the
key on the side, but only held by the plastic having been dimpled on =
the
inside and pasted in spots to the thin key iteslf.The actual key is so =
thin
that it looks as if the white cover was made into a sort of sandwich =
around
the wood, not just attached at the front and face as keytops usually
are.</DIV>
<DIV>Have you ever seen this?</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>