[pianotech] using jiffy leads????

[tnrwim at aol.com]

If the problem comes back in 50 years (and you KNOW the 
iano will still be there), we'll deal with it then.
y take,
on N

That's the problem. The corrosion starts within 10 years. The Charles Walter piano I mentioned is about that old. 

Wim






-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sun, Nov 14, 2010 5:57 am
Subject: Re: [pianotech] using jiffy leads????


On 11/13/2010 9:26 PM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote:
But what if I take out the lead in the
 key, and attach a jiffy lead on top of the key?

 Am I missing something here, or does this sound like a viable and
 respectable repair?
 Wim
What are the considerations? What was there originally isn't working. 
hat's the big one, and ignoring it hasn't worked in the past. What 
ught to be the adequate conventional repair isn't working dependably. 
hat's strike two. Where does that leave you? You can do a conventional 
e-lead with Bismuth or Tungsten, which would probably work great and be 
n interesting project, but might be a tough sell. So why not external 
Jiffy or otherwise) leads? This is still a long way past a trivial 
epair if you were doing the entire key set, so I presume you're just 
oing individual keys as needed?
As a matter of practicality, I think, before I resorted to Jiffy leads 
'd replace individual problem leads with new of similar size and get a 
resh start. If the problem comes back in 50 years (and you KNOW the 
iano will still be there), we'll deal with it then.
y take,
on N

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