[pianotech] key leads

[Jim Henson]

set up a wet/dry vac.

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Porritt, David <dporritt at mail.smu.edu>wrote:

>  That put a lot of lead dust in the air!
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> David M. Porritt, RPT
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> dporritt at smu.edu
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> *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Jim Henson
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 17, 2009 12:22 PM
> *To:* tcole at cruzio.com; pianotech at ptg.org
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> *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] key leads
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> I've just dealt w/ same prob . on an aliquot grand moved to Dallas from N.
> Orleans 5 yrs. ago. Initially no problems but 2 mon.s ago sev. keys
> unplayable. I put a round 220 grinding wheel in my 3/8/ drill & simply
> lifted keys high enough to knock a little of lead off. Touch weight was
> negligi- ble, Jim Henson, DFW.
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> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Thomas Cole <tcole at cruzio.com> wrote:
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> I would agree that banging out the expanding leads would risk some chipping
> out of the key material. I use a Harbor Freight arbor press for lead removal
> and rig up an "anvil" with a hole slightly larger than the lead to support
> the wood and minimize the chipping.
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> Tom Cole
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> David Ilvedson wrote:
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> If I was to change the leads, I would just replace not re-weigh the action.
>   This is an old Apollo grand (beautiful Mission case with 6 legs...not a
> player)...I'm going to give owner the option of replacing.   None of the
> keys are cracking yet...
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> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, CA  94044
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