Key lead removal tool?

[Michael Magness]

On Nov 17, 2007 4:12 PM,  <piannaman at aol.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been working on a Bergman (Young Chang built) upright for a couple of
> years.  Over that time, I've removed unnecessary friction, but am not facing
> the inevitable:  reweighting the keys.
>
> I have not checked downweight/upweight with gram weights, but I can tell the
> way the keys are failing that more touchweight--probably via lead
> removal--is needed.  In this case, less is more.
>
> I have never removed weights from keys, and I don't know what tools are
> available for this operation.  Suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave Stahl
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Renner makes a keylead removal tool, kinda pricey but works real nice,
I don't own it myself, saw one of  my fellow chapter members using
his.

Mike
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Michael Magness
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