<!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 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Steam is the answer..there was/is = a light weight plastic suit iron called 'steam away'. It had a large hole that = can be plugged with a wine cork etc,hole drilled through center,small curved = bendable copper tube inserted.The iron will have to be vertical. You may have to = remove the key. Light weight, cheap at a yard sale and has worked for me in the = field. Shop work a 'real steam' iron works. It is to late now for a quick fix = but next time you are out yardsaling pick one up. 2 dollars or so for one in my area.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hubert Liverman</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tuner/Tech</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Opelika, AL</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@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, August 12, 2004 = 8:58 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> best way to get = plastic keytops off?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2 = PTSIZE="10">HI list, <BR><BR>This question was asked a few days ago, but the thread ended = up being about gluing tops on. <BR><BR>The piano is a SAmick made Kohler and = Campbell.  It is maybe 15 years old.  One keytop got broken in a = recent move. <BR><BR>So what sayeth you all?  Steam/Iron?  Heat Gun? =  Other methods?   <BR><BR>This is an in-home job(long drive, store = warranty work), so using large power tools is not an option. <BR><BR>Thanks.  Sorry if I missed something on the last thread! <BR><BR>Dave Stahl</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>