Blackstone Valley Piano restores keyboards for the following instruments:

Key Bloopers


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Homemade capstan extensions
Inserts should be glued to a smooth flat surface
Key lead insert glued in with epoxy
Easy with the table saw
Maple veneer glued on to side of sugar pine key with contact cement
Overzealous trimming of keytop, use a little less glue please
Accelerated key shoe
An entire set of ivory glued on with contact cement
Is that where the weight goes?
Evenly displaced discoloration
Adjust this capstan
Balance holes are not always centered
Take away punchings, don't sand away the wood
Genuine wood filled plastic sharp
Easy on the ivory clamps
Accelerated key shoe
Nail those buttons
Forgot one capstan
Nice keystick repair!
Warped key made of basswood
Don't spray paint the sharps please
Amateur balance hole repair significantly weakens the keystick at its already weakest point
Heat damage to key tops
I've heard of sanding keys before but this is ridiculous
Nice color and contour match
Dissimilar wood inserts easy on the c-clamps please
One set of balance holes is never enough
Please remove old keytop first
Hairline cracks
Spray on contact cement
Masking tape button clamp
Please don't paint the naturals white
What happened to this capstan
Nice button repair
Key repair
Nail those Keys
Screw on those sharps
Nail those tails
Warped key made of basswood
Don't spray paint the sharps please
Amateur balance hole repair significantly weakens the keystick at its already weakest point
Heat damage to key tops
I've heard of sanding keys before but this is ridiculous
Nice factory repairs
Don't smoke and play at the same time
Insect Infestation
Spray on contact cement
Nice front pins, no friction at all.
Contact cement for glue, table saw for cutting, belt sander for trimming, an award winning trio
9 good reasons not to trim with a belt sander
Capstans are not always centered
Mouse food
Please put your head on straight
Damper lift problems?
Please cut off the top flat
Please take off the old fronts before putting on new ones
Please take off the old tops before applying new ones

 

 

 

 

 

 
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