Forgot to update my progress last Friday.
Got around to test fitting all the electronics/control panel/keys. One thing I had to change was remove 1/8th of an inch from the keyboard lip so that it sat at the right height. Since it would have been super awkward to do this via machine (I could have used the standing mill but whatever), I chose to do this the old fashioned way. I cut 100 or so kerfs and used a chisel to remove the waste. This is actually a really effective way of removing material from a captive space. Everything fits now, you can get an idea of what it’ll look like from the pictures.
With that I could get on to the sanding sealer coats, I did 4 coats and am now waiting a week for it to fully cure before level sanding and moving on to top coats. Look at how rich that colour is! Woah. Couldn’t be happier with this Peruvian Walnut, and I have a tonne left over. Kinda want to do a guitar amp cabinet out of it, maybe one dedicated to this instrument. but anyways…
Between coats I spent time removing printing supports from the white Sharp/flat keys. Every key is printed except that last special C, which I still need to model.
Finally, this last Thursday, I perfected the model for the fader caps grip inlays that I’ll be using for making the ebony fader caps. It only took an hour to print a batch of 15. I have 34/29 of them so five extras to make some prototypes. I think I have a stick of Bubinga or cocobolo kicking around to make prototypes. Still think ebony fits best but those will look sick on their own. Maybe I’ll sell some custom fader caps I don’t know 
I’m so close but work is still slow so no one here on Fridays for me to get a day in, which would mostly be spent sanding and polishing keys. I can work on finishing throughout the week(s) as it only takes a minute to spray a coat, there’s just a lot of waiting involved.
