bumps in keys

[Kevin E. Ramsey RPT]

    I would just get out my sanding paddle and sand them down. I doubt if
they would come back, but if they did, I'd worry about it then.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cameron Jacobi" <harlip58@yahoo.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 12:26 PM
Subject: bumps in keys


> 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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