warped nameboard strip

Roger Jolly baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca
Mon, 15 Feb 1999 19:18:46 -0600


Hi Bob,
           One or two saw cuts will only takes a few minutes. If you have
to trim say 10 sharps I'm sure it would be more work. 
Regards Roger



At 12:07 AM 15/02/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Judy,
>
>       Filing down the sharps......."country piano tuners quick fix" !
>   Although Rogers method is much more work, it does address
>   the "real" problem.
>
>
>Bob Moffatt
>Calgary, Alberta
>
>
>Roger Jolly wrote:
>
>> Hi Judy,
>>              Make a saw kerf in the centre, about half way through. Glue
>> one or two pieces of veneer in the kerf. You will probably have to hold one
>> end of the board in a vice to bend it straight before fitting the veneer
>> shims.
>> PS  you should dry fit the veneers and check for straightness before
gluing.
>> Regards Roger
>>
>> At 05:27 PM 14/02/99 -0800, you wrote:
>> >Dear list,
>> >
>> >      Recently I serviced a Chickering console where the nameboard strip
>> >was bowed in the center and the sharps were knocking on it. It was only
>> >anchored to the cheek blocks,with no anchor in the middle of the
>> >keyboard. I tried moving the postion of the screws in the cheek blocks,
>> >but I don't have to much room to play.The sharps still knock in the
>> >middle of the keyboard.I'm at a loss on how to fix this problem. Any
>> >ideas.? Thanks
>> >                         Judy Kazanjian
>> >                         associate{soon to be RPT}
>> >                         Reading-Lancaster Chapter
>> >
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> 
Roger Jolly
Baldwin Yamaha Piano Centre
Saskatoon and Regina
Saskatchewan, Canada.
306-665-0213
Fax 652-0505


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