[pianotech] Pully keys

[Mike Morvan]

John,
    I second Ron's advice, replacing them with a harder material would solve 
both problems. I think that keyboard manufacturers have finally realized the 
importance of a harder more wear resistant material in the balance rails and 
buttons because I'm seeing a lot of hardwoods (or harder woods) being used 
now than in the past. Now if we can just get them to stop using hot melt 
glue on their bushings, one battle at a time.   Mike

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 1:19 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Pully keys


> John Delacour wrote:
>
>> Any good ideas?
>
> Ideas? Sure. Good ones? Maybe. It looks to me that you'd be ahead in both 
> quality and security of the job (if not time) by inlaying a strip of 
> something a little firmer, like poplar, and drilling a new balance rail 
> hole. Plowing out for the inlay would both remove, and get you beyond the 
> contaminated wood, and you'd get a dependable glue line. Not exactly 
> quick, but more trustworthy that anything else I know of in this 
> situation.
> Ron N
>