<!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 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The "other" Greg was I, Greg = Torres...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please forgive me for not having = my last name included...I just got back from vacation and had to re-install = everything this week due to a hard disk crash and I forgot to include my last name in my = account info....sorry!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greg Torres</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=gnewell@ameritech.net = href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">Greg Newell</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> Wednesday, June 19, 2002 = 3:01 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Molded = Keytops</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>FWIW this copied post was not posted by Greg Newell but = by some other Greg.<BR><BR>Greg Newell<BR><BR><BR>At 06:13 AM 6/19/2002, you wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=arial = size=2>If one were to use a water based adhesive instead of a solvent-based one = then that wopuldn't be a problem...I have used a latex based adhesive (Liquid = Nails, white stuff in a squeeze tube) in the past that worked very well = although it was much slower setting than acetone/keytop solution....</FONT><BR> <BR><FONT face=arial size=2>Now, = this brings to mind another keytop question...</FONT><BR> <BR><FONT = face=arial size=2>Has someone come up with a molded keytop (or can someone = please do so?) that is slightly smaller in width at both the head and even = smaller at the tail? I believe this idea would be better than always having to = trim off SO MUCH excess plastic...</FONT><BR> <BR><FONT face=arial = size=2>I realize that key sizes vary somewhat and that they are not always = uniform in size, but a better key covering job could be more easily obtained = simply by shrinking the dimensions of the keytop slightly, especially for = those who do not have a keytop trimming jig or = machine....</FONT><BR> <BR><FONT face=arial size=2>FWIW, I am speaking primarily of the = Schaff/Apsco keytops commonly used... </FONT><BR> <BR><FONT face=arial size=2>Anybody?</FONT><BR> <BR><FONT face=arial size=2>Best,</FONT><BR><FONT face=arial size=2>Greg</FONT><BR> <BR>  <DL> <DD>----- Original Message ----- <DD>From:</B> <A href="mailto:jonpage@attbi.com">Jon Page</A> <DD>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> <DD>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 13, 2002 7:05 AM <DD>Subject:</B> Re: Molded Keytops<BR><BR><BR><BR> <DD>The plastic would be rather thin and the grain in the wood or = the joint for the front rail plug <DD>would figure the surface.  I'm sure you've seen an older = set of plastic keytops which have <DD>'shrunken" into the keystick surface.<BR><BR> <DD>Regards,<BR><BR> <DD>Jon Page,   piano technician <DD> <DD>At 07:41 AM 6/13/2002 -0400, you wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT = face=arial size=2> <DD>Why don't they make replacement molded keytops the same = thickness as ivory or ivorine so we don't have to plane the keys?</FONT> <DD><FONT face=arial size=2> <DD>Philip Jamison</FONT><FONT face=arial size=2> <DD>West Chester, = PA</FONT></DD></BLOCKQUOTE></DD></DL></BLOCKQUOTE><X-SIGSEP> <P></X-SIGSEP> <DL></DL>Greg Newell<BR><A href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net" eudora="autourl">mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net</A> = </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>