bumps in keys

[bhebert]

The LAST thing you would ever want to do is set your child to work sanding
old key leads!  It is quite toxic to adults, but very, very harmful to
developing nervous systems.

B. Hebert
>
    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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Blaine Hebert
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