jiffy leady

[thepianoarts]

    The bottoms of a jiffy leads can be wavy, and stripping the screws in
the soft key wood likely, so I like to use a little glue...Contact cement
makes sense. It acts like a gasket to prevent the lead from rattling if it
gets loose, and it helps hold the lead in place while you are following
Newtons directions...see below. I like to hand tighten the last turn, as to
prevent stripping.
    These leads can easily be fatter that some key widths, and when screwing
them down, without a pilot hole, they may drift to one side, resulting in
rubbing a neighbor. Contact cement drys quickly. After the glue dries,
position the lead, and add the screws...if the leads need to be removed at
some point, there would be little trama.
    Anvil cutting pliers work for a small amounts of lead cutting. They also
work well for leather and felt cutting for use in many piano related
applications.

Dan Reed
Dallas Texas Chapter


on 2/4/01 11:55 AM, Newton Hunt at nhunt@optonline.net wrote:
> 
> I throw those screws away and go get some 4/8"x4 flat head philips
> sheet metal screws.  You need not drill pilot holes, you can use a
> power screw driver and it will be a real easy job.  The enclosed
> screws are slotted and of a super inferior quality which makes the
> work ten times harder and three times slower.
> 
> Newton