Key End Felts

A couple of things left to do. The jacks will ultimately sit on the far ends of each key. A 2 3/8” [60.3mm] long piece of cloth must be glued to each key end to cushion and silence the sound of the jack falling back onto the key end after playing. No big deal except that the cloth strips must be cut to fit. You can use Thick Green Action Cloth available at the Howard Piano Industries.

Note: Cut the felt to slightly less than the width of the end of the key. A clean cut is necessary, as a stray fiber touching the adjacent key is enough to keep that key from functioning properly.

Making clean cuts is very important. I use an inexpensive jig from Micro-Mark that does an excellent job of clamping your felt securely, giving you clean cuts of consistent width. Even better is a guillotine felt cutter (Howard Piano Industries).