papering keyslips

Wimblees@AOL.COM Wimblees@AOL.COM
Mon, 15 Apr 2002 17:48:06 EDT


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Ron.

Another "reversible" solution for this problem is to cut a front rail 
punchings in half, and put them around the screw holes, between the action 
frame and the hole. The thicker the punchings, the more the top of the front 
rail (key slip), will move away from the keys. 

Wim 

In a message dated 4/15/02 3:44:54 PM Central Daylight Time, 
drwoodwind@hotmail.com writes:


> I just stumbled onto a fix for keyslips that bind on the keys, causing 
> "sticking keys".  I've seen many different ways of trying to solve this, 
> from cardstock at the cheekblocks, to screws in the action frame to shims 
> for the little dowels in the keyslip itself.
> 
> This may be an old remedy, but I haven't seen it before.  I took some of my 
> travelling paper, (I've got a little container, precut) and licked and 
> sticked (stay away, grammar police) it to the bottom edge of the keyslip, 
> closest to the keyboard.  When tightened down, this tilts it away from the 
> keys.  Very easy, adjustable, and reversable.
> 
> Ron Koval
> 
> 



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