At 06:30 AM 01/28/2001 -0600, you wrote: >Using a straightedge, how does one achieve the bowed-crowned center? Or is >that still desirable? >BAF II >Bayou La Combe, Louisiana My old Everett Key Leveling Stick has the bow built into it. I have touched it up once after it became a little out of bow by taping a sheet of sandpaper to a siding glass door and judiciously re-bowing, checking my progress with a thread. The other side of the stick is straight. This stick is a laminate, 2" in width; the center 1" is mahogany and the two 1/2" outer layers are maple. The edges are angled also so as to stand vertically on a key which is sloped rearwards. A great tool which I don't think is manufactured any longer. Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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