keys not returning

[Farrell]

Actually, the worst notes were in the middle of the keyboard (C4) where the keys are fairly straight.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Warren Fisher" <fishwar@earthlink.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: keys not returning


> Sure sounds like an angled upper section key with a worn center bushing 
> to me.  Have you tried using a flat-ended needle file to smooth out the 
> sides of the socket that is worn into the felt?  Of course, if you had a 
> small chisel, you could pop out the bad felt and put new one in there 
> and charge it to misc. repairs.  What'cha think?
> 
> Dave Nereson wrote:
> 
> >  
> >
> >     ----- Original Message -----
> >     From: HazenBannister@cs.com <mailto:HazenBannister@cs.com>
> >     To: pianotech@ptg.org <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>
> >     Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 10:24 PM
> >     Subject: Re: keys not returning
> >
> >     In a message dated 04/09/2003 12:09:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> >     dnereson@dim.com <mailto:dnereson@dim.com> writes:
> >
> >>     height.  If that's not the case, then there's either friction or
> >>     worn bushings or tight bushings or action parts that are too
> >>     light, or another way of looking at it -- they keys need a little
> >>     weight between the balance pin and the capstan.
> >
> >
> >     Hi,
> >     I am just coming in the back door of this thread,so I might be
> >     repeating something,or off base.When I'm checking sluggish
> >     problems,I first check the key, taking the action out of the
> >     equation,by lifting up the whippen off the key,and the
> >     reverse,checking action centers,by taking the key out of the equation.
> >     Best,
> >     Hazen Bannister
> >      
> >         It's not so much a problem of sluggishness as that of the key
> >     not coming all the way back up.  If the action pinning is within
> >     reason and the key bushings aren't worn or too tight, I use Jiffy
> >     leads -- usually as close to the key button (on the back side) as
> >     possible.  They're manufactured for a reason.  What else do you
> >     do?  For one or a few keys, now -- we're not talking about
> >     re-weighting the whole keyboard.  You do that if there's a lot of
> >     them not returning and the player will notice the difference and
> >     can afford it.  --Dave Nereson, RPT
> >
> 
> -- 
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