Avoid the Puzzle
This photo shows all of the keys after the cutting has been completed. I think I mentioned in Chapter 1 that it was important to number the keys BEFORE cutting them apart. Now you can see why. I didn’t number them on the first keyboard I built over 35 years ago and I learned that the keys are definitely NOT interchangeable. For example, key #1 and key #13 are both C keys. They look the same to the eye but the holes we drilled into the keys in Chapter 1 will not line up with the corresponding holes in the balance rail and back rail if you switch the position of the two keys.
