Replacing sharps

kam544@earthlink.net kam544@earthlink.net
Wed, 6 Jan 1999 15:37:56 -0600


>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

First, don't use a hammer, literally!

Steve Pearson also described the process.  Only difference is he suggests
rapping the black sharp flat and level against a solid stationery surface
(anvil, steel plate, whatever...).  I'm suggesting rapping the black sharp
at the front part only.  You are holding the keyarm upside down and
treating it like it is a hammer with the black sharp as the face of the
hammer.

Keith McGavern
kam544@earthlink.net
Registered Piano Technician
Oklahoma Chapter 731
Piano Technicians Guild
USA




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