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Removing Celluloid Fronts from Piano Keys
By Bill Maguire

[ Skip Downing wrote in 050202 MMDigest:


>> Does anybody have any whiz-bang advice for removing Celluloid
>> keyfronts effortlessly?  I've already done the steam iron and
>> peel method, and am wondering if there are other options.


Sometimes you get lucky and the steam a knife or chisel will remove
the key fronts easily, but this unfortunately is not usually the case.

I copied a jig from Bill Spurlock for use with a router table which
seems to work well for removing key fronts. I often do keytop
replacement jobs for local piano technicians and have thoroughly
researched this.

Bill Maguire


(Message sent Thu 3 Feb 2005, 19:12:19 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

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