And notice the wonderful angle imparted, to get from one place to another using hardly any inches. Kincaid -- my memories of Kincaid, sadly, are completely intact. Susan Delwin D Fandrich wrote: > > This was a Kincaid spinet, Wim. The factory decided keybuttons were > not necessary. > > > > ddf > > > > Delwin D Fandrich > > Piano Design & Fabrication > > 6939 Foothill Court SW, Olympia, Washington 98512 USA > > Phone 360.515.0119 --- Cell 360.388.6525 > > del at fandrichpiano.com <mailto:del at fandrichpiano.com>--- > ddfandrich at gmail.com <mailto:ddfandrich at gmail.com> > > > > *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] > *On Behalf Of *tnrwim at aol.com > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 26, 2012 9:12 PM > *To:* pianotech at ptg.org > *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] pulley key... > > > > Barb > > > > Was this key quite a bit lower than the other black keys? Because it > almost looks like the key button is missing. > > > > Wim > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Barbara Richmond <piano57 at comcast.net <mailto:piano57 at comcast.net>> > To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>> > Sent: Wed, Sep 26, 2012 4:02 pm > Subject: [pianotech] pulley key... > > So I was working on a splendid Kincaid spinet today. I was tuning away > and there was this one note that kept making a knocking sound. Sure > enough, the back of the keytop was hitting the keystop rail (or > whatever you call it on an upright piano). Not only was it hitting > the rail, but there was a huge space in front of the key. I wiggled > the key fore and aft. Dang, that was the pulliest key I'd ever > encountered. I removed the key and the pictures explain it. > > Barbara Richmond, RPT > near Peoria, IL > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120927/1b7a5bc3/attachment.htm>
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