 Say hello to the remains of the benchseat. It's a pretty basic construction. A piece of cloth is stretched over filler/batting (actual cloth material in this case), and then stapled on the backside. My original plan was to just replace the cloth, but the filler and the very board itself had a bit of a moldy oder about them, so.. I decided to just fashion a new seat altogether. |
 Welcome to 35 years of wear and tear... However, the cloth was saved in case a future collector wants all the original parts. |
 The new seat "to be". Cloth, 1" foam and a piece of 1/2" ply cut to measure. |
 Ta-Da! The 1" of foam may actually turn out to be too high. I'll wait until the bench has been reassembled, and make a judgement call. I think the choice in fabric will go well with the brass, once the legs are cleaned. (There are two brass accents on each leg. |
 Another unsung hero - Simple Green! (BTW - you can just buy the concentrate and fill or refill any spray bottle using a 10:1 concentration.) Cleaning keys is a delicate operation. You don't want to use any type of an abrasive or corrosive agent, whatsoever. It will take the keys from feeling like.. well.. keys, and leave them feeling like little white pieces of chalk board. The picture doesn't show it very well, but the group on the left is "after" and the group on the right is "before". Trust me - it made a world of difference. (I did a test key the night before to test for any reactions.) I only did so many keys before calling it a day. It's very, very, very boring work. |