Replacing sharps

[Lance Lafargue]

Thanks Keith.  So the end of the key away from the player is against the
anvil and the hammer hits the _front_ of the key?  I assume I'm hitting the
part of the key underneath the ebony keytop.  
LANCE LAFARGUE, RPT
LAFARGUE PIANO SERVICES
New Orleans Chapter
Mandeville, LA.
lafargue@iamerica.net

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> From: kam544@earthlink.net
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Replacing sharps
> Date: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 6:37 PM
> 
> >...I have been told to just knock off or pry the old sharps off,
> >but when I did, splinters from the key came off with the sharps...
> >LANCE LAFARGUE, RPT
> 
> It's the technique in how you knock the old sharps off, Lance.  Use an
> anvil, or  something similar, as the base, turn the key upside down, and
> rap the front part of the black sharp against the anvil.  The majority
pop
> right off, some take many strokes, and some refuse to cooperate.  Start
> with a gentle rap until you develop a feel for what works and what don't
> (doesn't).
> 
> Learned this one from someone on the list.  Didn't believe it 'til I
tried
> it.  Now it's the main method I use.
> 
> Keith McGavern
> kam544@earthlink.net
> Registered Piano Technician
> Oklahoma Chapter 731
> Piano Technicians Guild
> USA
>