In a message dated 9/23/07 12:25:55 P.M. Hawaiian Standard Time, thetuner at ivories52.com writes: I noticed on the last tuning of this piano that all the key leads are starting to get covered over with that white fluffy powder that indicates decomposition. My first thought was that the owners of this inexpensive piano would never go for key lead replacement. Besides, it's probably too soon in the process to think in that direction. My next thought was to take all the keys out and soft-wire brush the powder off the ends of the leads and then seal them off with some clear spray paint of some kind. Lacquer, Rust-O-Leum, AquaNet, whatever. Anything to hopefully stall the process. And then I realized that the wiser thing to do would be to bring the subject up here first. So, any thoughts? Any suggestions? -- Geoff Sykes -- Los Angeles We have a lot of this here in Hawaii. I've been instructed to use a chisel to cut off the lead that is outside the width of the key, and then, as you alluded to, instead of lacquer, seal it with spray shellac. You want to also look at the other side of the key. Sometimes the lead will push the wood out, but not all the way through. So with your chisel, remove excess wood. It is advisable to wear a mask to avoid breathing in any lead particles. Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Honolulu, Hawaii Author, "The Business of Piano Tuning". available from Potter Press. www.pianotuning.com ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070923/45b170df/attachment.html
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