Lead filing (was bumps in keys)

[Kristinn Leifsson]

Hey Greg,

why not sand or file them?  I was actually taught to do that.
I mean, if you just wear gloves and a mask the lead shouldn´t be dangerous.
Is that the reason?  Or something else?
Will they be looser?

Kristinn Leifsson,
Reykjavík, Iceland




At 16:02 12.11.2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Cameron,
>     It's probably recessed leads expanding and showing their ugly heads.
>Don't sand them!!!
>Greg Newell
>
>Cameron Jacobi wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a question for anyone who would care to answer
> > - I tuned a piano yesterday - a Sohmer upright, about
> > 20 years old - a lot of the keys were sticking - but
> > two of them, when I pulled them out - had something
> > like wooden blisters at the sides - I don't really
> > know how to describe it - it was as though something
> > inside the key was trying to make its way to the
> > surface - almost like a bubble in the wood - if the
> > wood continues to do that, those keys will be rubbing
> > the ones next to them.  Does anyone have any idea what
> > could cause that, or what should be done about it?
> > I'd appreciate any input.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Harriet Lipman
> >
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