Are the keys on pakistani sets usable? I mean the keys only, not the mounting or fitting just the keys on their own. I loathe and despise metalwork 
Cheersob
I cannot see why there would be anything wrong with the keys, Pakistani craftsmanship in brass (to the best of my knowledge) has always been considered of a good quality.
I cannot see, on the other hand, buying a set just to part it out… in other words, pretty expensive keys.
In my experience, the pakistanis are keen to sell anything. My work buys a lot of things from over there. Since they already make them Im quite sure they would sell me them on their own. Ill email them and see what they say. Ill report back here on the outcome.
Cheers
Bob
DO NOT contact them, from what I have heard, I reckon you will NEVER be rid of them. You have been warned 
I don’t see any use in trying to re-use pakistani keys; the springs are not great, and the keys are cough ‘designed’ to fit chanters with cough suboptimally placed holes. Don’t waste your time.
The only thing worse than no keys is rubbish keys, eh?
Why don’t you buy some Oboe or Clarinet oder Saxophone keys that fit? I have seen sets built with some of these, so there must be standardized keys that also fit on regulators.
If you use pakistani keys, you will always see them on your set and will be reminded that there’s something ‘wrong’ with it.
If you don’t have the money to buy keys made in your region, ask yourself why. It is because everyone always wants something cheaper and so there is competition in whatever business you work in, with people somewhere in the world getting even less than you. Who’s the winner in this game? Those people who already own 90 percent of the world’s capital.
If everybody in the world would concentrate on a more localized economy, it would be a much better place. If you buy good keys from someone doing good work and give him good money, and other people act in the same way, you will get payed better. In a very general sense, but in the end it is true.
cheers,
Philipp
OK fair enough I guess. Where can I buy a set of keys for a full set both chanter and regulators in this country. (uk)
Cheers
Bob
Why not to waste your money and effort on a blowtorch, solder, brass forge the keys up to your need, rivet the springs and do the things as they should be done? 
It`s easyer
Bob,
Keymaking is fiddly, and you do have to learn how to silver solder if you are going to make them the traditional way. Yet you can cut keys from bar stock, and just beat out the touchpiece and pad, and then finish off with file, wet & dry paper and linishing. All you need is some sort of anvil, a hammer and a propane blowtorch, and away you go. And the bonus is that you did make them all yourself. You will additionally learn about annealing, work-hardening and other metal work skills along the way, until such a time as you realise that you would have been better off learning the proper way first of all!
I don’t mean to put a downer on your efforts, but that is just the way it is.
Good Luck!