Michael Magness wrote: > I was asked to tune this hamburg D for a Jim Brickman concert last fall > and in the process of trying to hunt down a rattle, which I eventually > found thanks to some expert advice from this list, I pulled the action > and found the keys had been, I guess, stiffened? > Each key had the button removed, a 1/2" X width of key X 8" piece of > white wood(spruce?) glued to the top, the key button then glued on top > of that and somewhere he found balance rail pins long enough to reach > the top of all of this but just barely, the rounded ends are in the > bushings. I used yellow poplar in this one. The original had both top plates and buttons, and needed new buttons. To stiffen the keys, I installed both longer top plates and buttons. It did substantially stiffen the keys. Ron N -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Buttons and plates-medium.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 192398 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090212/819373f1/attachment-0001.jpg>
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