Whenever you find something that looks different, it's usually because of a cost factor. It a lot easier, and takes less time, to make a straight cut, than to take the a notched cut. The machine to make those keys are cheaper than the plastic molding machine to make the keytops. Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Mililani, Oahu, HI 808-349-2943 Author of: The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -----Original Message----- From: Steven Hopp <hoppsmusic at hotmail.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 4:07 am Subject: Re: [pianotech] Strange Keys Continued A new morning has me wondering, what is the benefit of making keys like this? The piano plays okay. The touch is a little heavy which I chalk up to damper lift being set too early. (maybe gonna try last months Journal article suggestion for bench regulating damper spoons by Linda Marten RPT). Also, the FR bushings are a little "crunchy" towards the bottom of the key stroke. But other than that it is fine for what it is. Just curious? From: hoppsmusic at hotmail.com To: pianotech at ptg.org Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 03:02:57 +0000 Subject: [pianotech] Strange Keys Hello, Tonight I went to the store to work on a piano we are giving to a needy family who have 2 children who play very well. I was cleaning and removed some keys that were sticking together from some gunk and when I turned them over they looked like this. I proceeded to check and they are all narrow wood with I'll call it a plastic housing. Weird. Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. Check it out. Rediscover Hotmail®: Get e-mail storage that grows with you. Check it out. = -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090405/2f178a5e/attachment-0001.html>
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