Spinet shanks, key slips

[Isaac Sadigursky]

Regarding warped Key Slips:

Simple solution is;slightly BEND all key slip screws and when re-installing
them watch the key slip rail moving in and AWAY from the key Fronts,No shims
nessesary,try it-you will like it.It's an old tip passed to me by a real
Old-Timer,Late Herman Koford..isaac

 

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Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 4:29 PM
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Subject: Spinet shanks, key slips

 

I wonder how many technicians do what I sometimes do when a spinet hammer
shank is broken off at the butt. I take a long drill bit and drill out the
butt, slowly and carefully, while it's still in the piano. This saves 

me the aggravating job of removing the butt and having to replace it, which
can be a near impossible job in some pianos. I do this especially on those
"grand lyre" type spinets of the 1940's and 1950's that are always a pain in
the neck to work on. And I also wonder how many technicians treat a warped
grand key slip the following way - I thought of a more permanent cure than
shimming the middle of the key slip with action felt or cardboard punchings.
Simply plug up the screw hole or holes on the bottom of the key slip closest
to the middle of the piano (the average key slip has 3 or 4 equally spaced
holds which receive the long screws that hold it to the piano), and re-drill
the holes about 1/4 of an inch closer to the keys. In this way, the screws,
when forced into the newly drilled holes, will bend the key slip outward,
towards the player, thus alleviating the problem.

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