Key Leveling

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Hi Jon,
The bow in the Meyer jig would be an improvement but hard to do except by
hand by most.
Wonder how it was done on your stick
Hum just figured it out cool!  <G>
Joe Goss
imatunr@primenet.com
http://www.primenet.com/~imatunr/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Page" <jonpage@mediaone.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 7:53 AM
Subject: Re: Key Leveling


> At 06:30 AM 01/28/2001 -0600, you wrote:
> >Using a straightedge, how does one achieve the bowed-crowned center? Or
is
> >that still desirable?
> >BAF II
> >Bayou La Combe, Louisiana
>
> My old Everett Key Leveling Stick has the bow built into it.
>
> I have touched it up once after it became a little out of bow
> by taping a sheet of sandpaper to a siding glass door and
> judiciously re-bowing, checking my progress with a thread.
>
> The other side of the stick is straight.
>
> This stick is a laminate, 2" in width; the center 1" is mahogany
> and the two 1/2" outer layers are maple.
>
> The edges are angled also so as to stand vertically on a key
> which is sloped rearwards.
>
> A great tool which I don't think is manufactured any longer.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Jon Page,   piano technician
> Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
> mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
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