[pianotech] Key balancing

[Paul McCloud]

I've found lots of spinets with leads on the back of keys.   They are called Jiffy-Leads, and are sold in the supply catalogs.  It's a bubble-gum, band-aid, bailing wire fix, but it works and it's cheap.  Most folks don't notice the heavier touch, and it gets the job done.  I'd rather fix the  problem, but often it's more than just the key friction that causes the sluggishness, and I'd rather not get into removing the action on an old spinet if the problem is in there.  
    Paul McCloud
    San Diego



----- Original Message ----- 
From: John Formsma 
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: 12/17/2010 4:38:28 AM 
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Key balancing


On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 11:16 PM, <johnparham at piano88.com> wrote:



Has anyone else tried weighting the rear of spinet keys as a way to
encourage them to come back up?

-John Parham




Several have mentioned leading the keys as part of spinet reconditioning work. I'm sure they'll mention it, but you could possibly find something in the archives.


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JF
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