I just remembered that I have a picture of one of these keybeds. See the attached. Del Delwin D Fandrich Fandrich Piano Company, Inc. 620 South Tower Avenue Centralia, Washington 98531 USA Phone: 360.736-7563 E-mail: fandrich at pianobuilders.com Piano Designs for the 21st Century(R) | -----Original Message----- | From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org | [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Dave Doremus | Sent: March 01, 2007 5:17 AM | To: Pianotech List; College and University Technicians | Subject: Keybed repair | | Has anyone repaired/replaced a Steinway keybed? I have a | model B, 20 years old, that was flooded up to the keyframe. | The soundboard is still in amazingly good shape. It needs | complete new action, keys, dampers, strings, tuning pins, | finish work etc, etc. All that is massive but fairly normal. | What Im worried about is that it looks like the keybed has | swollen, opening about a 3/16" gap between the rail and | stiles in the treble end. There are no gaps at the belly rail | or stretcher. It almost seems as if the rim has spread apart | a bit at the bottom but not the top. The rim is intact, no | cracks or gaps. I have not tried applying any clamps yet, Im | still figuring out whether or not to attempt anything at all. | The owner would really like to save it if at all possible, | having heard all my usual warnings about the long term | viability of the instrument after exposure to that kind of | moisture. Advice? | -- | ----Dave | | | ----------------------------- | Dave Doremus, RPT | New Orleans | ------------------------------ | -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Piano Kit -- 03 LR.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 66642 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070301/49cefa5b/attachment-0001.jpg
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