Newton: I don't want to do the CA thing because with any luck I'll still be the next poor guy who has to pull out the wires. I've thought of the plug idea. I guess the truth is, this doesn't sound like a fun fix. Maybe some key person will be able to do it fast and cheap - yeah, right. thanks, dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 11/4/01 at 12:46 PM Newton Hunt wrote: >There is an easy solution. CA. But God help the poor schnook who has >to change the wires 18 years from now. > >I have found the same problem on some older pianos. The wire may well >go into the soft wood of the key and bending the wire makes it waggle >around at the bottom of the hole. > >What is needed is wood or larger wires. > >The wood is easier, long term. > >I would make a jig to hold the key at the right angle and use a >Forestner bit to drill almost all the way through the key, cut hard wood >plugs, orient the grain cross wise. Drill the new holes before trimming >off the plug ends so you will be drilling perpendicular to the plug. >Push in new Backchecks. > >Before starting check the geometry, wire lengths, etc. > >Or you could ship them out to someone else who can do the work. > >Just don't glue them suckers in, quite yet. > > Newton _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________
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