This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Bob=20 you can also use dry heat as in twisted hammer shanks. I have two heat = lamps and space them about 2" apart facing each other. With two hands = holding the ends of the key twist the key in the direction to straighten = it. As the key heats up you can feel it give. If you go too far, undo = it. I once had a key that needed three corrections, twisted, angle = wrong with the other keys and bowed in the vertical direction. The = lamps work like a charm. Hope it works out Ray Hopland ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Bob Hull=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 9:20 PM Subject: Re: Twisted key If I try to tap the balance rail pin to the side to straighten the way = the key sits, then the key is sitting against the adjacent key in the = key button area. There is not enough room to tap it over far enough to = compensate for the leaning created by the twist. I may try to move it = over from the back like you said, that might be easier than reshaping = the front and refitting the key top.=20 I wondered if anyone would suggest some method of steaming the key = wood while clamped in vices to untwist then letting it dry being held in = the correct shape. But, perhaps key buttons would come unglued, = bushings may get loosened etc, with steam being applied.=20 Bob=20 Dave Bunch <pdtek@mchsi.com> wrote:=20 If the two adjacent keys were not there, could you square and level = it? In other words, is binding at the rear of the key what is keeping = you from lining things up in front? If so, you might be able to reshape = the rear of the key enough to make it work. You could even plug and = redrill for the capstan if needed. Dave Bunch ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Bob Hull=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 8:55 PM Subject: Twisted key List, I tuned a Baldwin Hamilton today that has a twisted or warped = white key. It can't be leveled with the others or squared. The front = of the key is twisted compared to the back. When you set it on a flat = surface you can really see the twist - the front left corner of the key = is up in the air about 1/8". I know sometimes you can force a wedge = into a kerf cut into a key that is bent or warped, but it doesn't seem = like that would work on this twisted key. I would appreciate your = suggestions. =20 Bob -------------------------------------------------------------------------= - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/11/5c/8e/a5/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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