[pianotech] sluggish (was no subject)

Conrad Hoffsommer hoffsoco at luther.edu
Sat Jun 13 13:41:17 MDT 2009


On 6/13/09, Tom Driscoll <tomtuner at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>   Matthew,
>   Sometime back I mentioned tight front rail key bushings as a possibility.
> In my experience this is a common cause of sluggish keys in any vertical .
>   Hold down a group of adjacent keys and release quickly. Pick out the
> slowest one and ease the front bushing (if there is no sideplay)Don't
> overease if it is already free.
>   Tom Driscoll
>
>   P.S. It wouldn't hurt to throw out a  thank you once in a while for all
> the time our list has contributed to your queries.
>   Just my opinion . I just did a quick outlook search of your postings and
> couldn't find a one. Maybe I didn't look hard enough .Thank you.
>   T.D.


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Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT - Keyboard Technician
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