tissue paper punchings

[Tom Cole]

Hi Roger,

Thanks for the info. The reason I brought up about sanding the bottoms
of keys was because of Newton's comment, that the really thin punchings
are difficult for him to handle. My dry hands don't do too well with
them either.

And I was serious about Yamaha. If you'll look at the back cover of the
June, 1997 PTJ, you'll see a picture of a woman leveling keys at YMM
with a drum sander at her side. (Now, Japan may be a different story.)

Tom

Roger Jolly wrote:
> 
> Hi Tom,
>              You will not find that practice in the Yamaha factory.  I
> would really question this practice.  Yamaha still makes it's own Onion
> skin type punchings, much better quality than the North American product.
> Thin but strong.  I think they are 0.06mm, but don't quote me on that
> dimension.  I asked Mark Wisner if Yamaha USA carried them in stock, the
> answer was affirmative.
> Canadian's can get them thro' Yamaha Canada.
> Walloping the felt punching with a hammer on a hard surface, is preferable
> to removing material.
> Regards Roger
> 
> At 07:01 PM 26/07/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >It works for Yamaha.
> >
> >Avery Todd wrote:
> >>
> >> I don't think so. :-(
> >>
> >> Avery
> >>
> >> At 01:44 PM 07/26/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >> >Another way to get the key height spot on is to shim the key until it's
> >> >slightly on the high side and then remove material from the bottom of
> >> >the key by scraping or sanding.
> >> >
> >> >Tom
> >
> Roger Jolly
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