Frozen key dowells

[John Ross]

Hi List,
I had forgotten, but a couple of years ago, I was looking for
some of these
 wires, to replace some that had rusted off.
I couldn't find them in the catalogues, so I used some from old
keys I had.
They don't seem to be named, in Piano Parts and Their Functions,
either.
The wood dowel capstans, without wire, are available. Has anyone
seen the wires
listed?
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: John Lillico, RPT <staytuned@idirect.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: Frozen key dowells


> >I have been reading this thread and for the life of me, can
not figure out
> >what a key dowel is. The capstan?
> >
> >Terry Farrell
> >Piano Tuning & Service
> >Tampa, Florida
> >mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
> >
> Yeh, Terry, you got it in one..... almost!
>
> I know I threw you with the extra "l" (that's old English). You
thought it was "do-well" at the end of the key! But in my limited
vocabulary, the dowel is the wooden thing on top of the wire
which (the dowel) adjusts up and down. A capstan is the same
thing "cept it is made of metal.
>
> So someone please tell me, what do we call the wires that come
out of the back of the key to accommodate the dowel for it's
these wires that are breaking?
>
> John Lillico, RPT
> Oakville, ON
>
>
>