<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#0000EE" vlink="#551A8B" alink="#FF0000">   Clark wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><tt>Richard,</tt> <tt>Probably 30-40 minutes to do a whole piano keyplank, uncut with the key button moulding in place - I'll let you know if I actually do it. But then that's assuming just using one size tool - no problem if the center rail pins had those oblong 0.088 tips and if there were front rail pins of corresponding width. Probably it would end up taking not quite double this time to completely mortise a keyplank (but then that time, aside from just unbushed center pin mortises was for one 5-octave basswood manual...).</tt>  </blockquote> This sounds kinda neat actually, I'd like to see a picture of one of these do-gadgies. More then once I have wanted to be able to make a new set of keys, but I have always hedged (partially because of this buisness of pin mortises). Keep me posted will you?? <blockquote TYPE=CITE>  <tt>Now we've got to get those harpsichord types away from just using those darn Korg electronic tuners. ;)</tt>  </blockquote> Aint they just great ??? We got a player here at the University that insists on tuning the harpsichord himself and he uses one of those korg chromatic tuners. You should try getting a piano to work with those tunings. He's happy tho.. he says that they are "supposed" to sound like that.   <blockquote TYPE=CITE>  <tt>Clark "drittsekk" Panaccione</tt></blockquote> Ahhh... he DOES know some Norwegian.  Vi få snakke litt mer om dette til neste år da. <smil> Hilsen Richard Brekne I.C.P.T.G.  N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway </body> </html>