stiffening keys

[gordon stelter]

Thin CA would soak in better, but be much more
hazardous to apply.
     G 
--- Delwin D Fandrich <fandrich at pianobuilders.com>
wrote:

> Nothing you do to the sides is going to have much
> affect on the stiffness of the
> keys. The only way I've been able to effectively
> improve these actions was
> described in a Journal article I wrote on the
> subject:
> 
> The Designers Notebook 
> Action Power Part II - Improving Piano Action,
> Efficiency & Power 
> December, 1996 
> 
> ddf
> 
> Delwin D Fandrich
> Piano Design & Manufacturing Consultant
> 620 South Tower Avenue
> Centralia, Washington 98531  USA
> Phone  360.736-7563
> <mailto:fandrich at pianobuilders.com> 
> 
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
> A440A at aol.com
> Sent: August 29, 2007 7:22 AM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: stiffening keys
> 
> 
> Greetings, 
>    I have been wondering what to do with a
> mid-sixties Steinway.  It has the
> Pratt-Read keys and they are sorta limber. I think
> this is due to the poor wood,
> and lack of large plates.  
> so,  since there is no budget for rebuilding the
> keys with new buttons and
> larger plates top and bottom,  I have been wondering
> whether there is any
> stiffening to be gained by simply painting the sides
> of the keys with West
> System epoxy.  It seems that it would gain something
> by soaking into the wood.
> I even thought about laying some strands of carbon
> fibers along the middle
> length and painting the epoxy over them,(I have seen
> this done on motorcycle
> fairing repairs, and was amazed at the strength it
> imparted).  
>    Anybody tried this?  
> thanks, 
> 
> 
> 
> Ed Foote RPT
> 
> 
> 
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