News:

Follow us on Twitter for important announcements and outage notices.

Main Menu

Tolex templates?

Started by aurezio, February 27, 2009, 08:38:49 AM

Previous topic - Next topic

aurezio

Hello there, I came back on this forum after some years and I had to register myself again 'cause I forgot my user/password and the email I used for register...

Anyway I hope I'm not bothering with some already posted questions... but... after 2 years  I'm starting again tolexing my mark I. Problem is... I can't find anymore the old tolex templates I removed from the piano and I was wondering if there is some kind of template to download from the net... Any help would be very appreciated, thanks

Aurezio

muzik87

Hey,
Check out this website... another good source for the rhodes!  I have a link here showing the layout with some instructions.  I've never followed it personally but I believe others have and had good results!

http://www.vintagevibe.com/misc/tolex%20layout.pdf

aurezio

Thanks a lot but I was looking for something more detailed :)

dnarkosis

You may find that something more detailed will be less useful than you think, since there can (but must not be) variations between keyboards.

I have found it easier to use the old tolex -- if you can salvage enough of it -- as a general pattern, not an exact pattern, not even for the same keyboard, since I've found that over the decades the material can shrink up a wee bit, presumably from drying out, making the older piece not always accurate once removed.

I generally cut a piece slightly larger in every dimension than the original piece but with the original piece's basic shape, especially for the sides, and then begin fitting it (without glue) and trimming it down gradually when the piano is completely prepped to get an exact fit. This is especially easier if you do not do a lot of tolexing in the first place.

The long pieces are not really that difficult. One can pretty much just measure it a bit longer and a wider and then fit and cut to size.

The video at Vintage Vibe showing them doing the sides will give you a good idea what kind of general cuts you will be making. But by starting large and then trimming to an exact fit you will run much less risk of getting it wrong.
1979 Suitcase 73
1980 Stage 54

aurezio

Thanks for your suggestions I'll try. The problem is always that I don't have any old tolex part to start from...

dnarkosis

Aurezio,

I have a paper pattern somewhere here for the sides; if I can find it, I will post a picture and indicate the dimensions so you can simply make your own out of a large piece of paper. Then you'll always have something to start from.

I'll see this weekend.
1979 Suitcase 73
1980 Stage 54

aurezio

Quote from: "dnarkosis"Aurezio,

I have a paper pattern somewhere here for the sides; if I can find it, I will post a picture and indicate the dimensions so you can simply make your own out of a large piece of paper. Then you'll always have something to start from.

I'll see this weekend.

Thank you very much, that's what I wanted to find to start working. I appreciate

Just one more thing... I already have the upper case side parts, all I need is the lower case side parts...

dnarkosis

#7
1979 Suitcase 73
1980 Stage 54