There you go again, Les; giving away trade secrets. Some words of advise I can add: Don't leave home without them. Jon Page PS A brown marker from the stationary store has too much red in it, so get the varying shades from Mohawk. DAMHIK. At 08:00 PM 10/12/98 -0400, you wrote: > > >On Mon, 12 Oct 1998 JIMRPT@AOL.COM wrote: > >> >> In a message dated 10/12/98 6:11:44 PM, chikring@midcoast.com wrote: >> >> <<Dear Pianotech List, >> >> I have a customer with a Steinway Grand ( 6'10") with a keyslip I cannot seem >> to remove.I am afraid to use anything between the piano and the keyslip to pry >> it up.It has a new black finish.I think the wood has swelled from the moisture >> we enjoy here along the coast of Maine. >> >> Is there a special technique I can use to remove this stuck keyslip. >> >> This is my first time on the list .Your help would be greatly appreciated. >> >> ------------>> >> >> Arthur, just take out the cheek block screws and lift the entire assembly, >> i.e. fallboard, cheekblocks, and keyslip, out at one time. If you have >> trouble getting the cheeks loose run the screws back in part way and tap on >> them, the screws, from underneath. >> One of these ways should help. >> If this piano has just been refinished check to make sure that someone >> hasn't put a screw or two in the keyslip rather than repair and bad retaing >> mortise. >> Jim Bryant (FL) >> > >To Jim's (and Ed's) always good advice, I can only add that if the >piano was recently refinished, it's possible the keyslip was installed >before the paint was completely dry. I can understand your reluctance >to try prying the kepslip for fear of scratching the paint, but never- >theless, suggest that you consider carrying in your tool kit, several >colors of the felt-tip, pen-like, paint-touch-up markers sold by com- >panies like Mohawk, Star and others. Accidents like a dropped tuning >hammer can occur when you least expect them, and having immediate ac- >cess to the proper-color touch-up marker in many cases can save your >you-know-what. Piano-movers routinely carry these. Then,if a minor >accident does occur, one mover distracts the customer, while another >quickly touches up the scratch.. The black color is also useful for >touching up sharp keysticks, where uncolored wood shows when an adjacent >white key is depressed. > >Les Smith > >
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