spinet stickers

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Robert,
If the felt orients the sticker off center it is very simple to replace the
felt with key bushing cloth. Sometimes the cloth is too wide and does not
center the sticker. Sometimes I have solved a few by using 100 proof Vodka
to size the side of the sticker that is the tightest if removing the felt
and massaging it does not work first.
Just a few ideas for you to consider Good luck. If you need a quick idea for
removal of the action let me know. They are not that hard. I use to fight
them but no longer since learning how to roll them out.
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert A. Anderson" <fandango@dakotacom.net>
To: "Pianotech Digest" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 7:37 PM
Subject: spinet stickers


> I tuned a 1962 Acrosonic spinet today. It has wooden stickers that clip
> into the wippens on the bottom, and top pins that slide through a guide
> rail. There are cross pieces glued to the stickers that fit over the key
> capstans. Some of these cross pieces are turned so that they tend to
> hang over the gaps between the capstans. There is no chance of aligning
> wippens, keys or capstans to get a reliable alignment. I removed the two
> worst ones, and they looked normal, i.e., the alignment of the pin in
> the flange of the sticker looked straight, the pin seemed to fit
> reasonably snugly into the open birdseye of the wippen, the shank of the
> sticker didn't look like it was warped. I switched one of the cockeyed
> ones with a straight one. It improved the bad one about 10%. The good
> one became about 80% worse.
> The only other thing that occurs to me is that the birdseye in the
> wippen was not drilled straight. I didn't have time to take the action
> out to experiment with the wippens.
>
> Has anyone had a problem like this? And if so, what did you do about it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob Anderson
> Tucson, AZ
>