Installing Key End Felt

[David Ilvedson]

I've seen it both ways...wobbling with shift I haven't seen...
Advantage with a loose end is to shim for faster damper lift...I
've heard of flat screw under loose end of key lifter felt for quick adjustment of damper lift...worth it?  

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044


----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "John Delacour" <JD at Pianomaker.co.uk>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Received: 8/6/2006 4:37:04 PM
Subject: Re: Installing Key End Felt


>At 2:47 pm -0700 6/8/06, Joseph Garrett wrote:

>>It just dawned on me: No one has mentioned the fact that the key end 
>>felt should only be glued in the back 1/2 of the "mortise"/"notch". 
>>i.e. in the area closest to the front of the action. Otherwise the 
>>darn stuff will be noisy.

>Never seen such a thing.  How can 1/4" firm felt be noisy?  Anyway if 
>you did it like that they'd wobble all over the place when you used 
>the shift pedal with the note down.

>JD