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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><!--StartFragment --><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <!--StartFragment --> <TT><I><BR>Hello
List,<BR><BR>A customer just called and since she lived nearby, I went to see
the piano right away. She complained of certain keys so tight that her daughter,
the player, couldn't push them down. I inspected and verified the symptom. The
problem seems to be that some, 6 total, of the keys' bushings are now
extraordinarily tight. So I'm in the process of rebushing them right
now.<BR><BR>What I want to know is why? What you might need to know is that
about a week or so ago they borrowed my 4-wheel dolly to move the piano to
another room while carpet was being replaced in its home room. This problem
exhibited itself when the piano was moved back. It was working fine before they
moved it.<BR><BR>What happened? Why just "select" keys? And should I recommend
then that I re-bush the entire set?<BR><BR>Kinda makes me go,
"hmmm."<BR><BR>Thanks in advance</I></TT> </FONT>
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<TD><STRONG>Sender:</STRONG> Avery
<avery1@houston.rr.com></TD></TR>
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<TD><STRONG>Subject:</STRONG> Re: Piano moved in another room -
bushings tight!</TD></TR>
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<TD><STRONG>Date:</STRONG> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 18:53:00 -0500</TD></TR>
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<DIV><TT>John,<BR><BR>No matter what the problem is/was, why are you
rebushing? Why not just ease the affected keys?<BR><BR>Avery
Todd<BR>University of Houston</TT></DIV>
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<DIV><TT><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=4>Avery,</FONT></TT></DIV>
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<DIV><TT><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=4>I tried that first. I
mean these bushings are TIGHT. I wonder if they could've bent rail
pins, too, somehow in the move? But they looked so CLOSE together
that I thought I'd best try easing them first. That gave SOME relief
but they were still sticky, so I'm rebushing half a dozen of
them.</FONT></TT></DIV>
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<DIV><TT><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=4>Thanks.</FONT></TT></DIV>
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<TD><STRONG>Sender:</STRONG> Stéphane Collin
<collin.s@skynet.be></TD></TR>
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<TD><STRONG>Subject:</STRONG> Re: Piano moved in another room
- bushings tight!</TD></TR>
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<TD><STRONG>Date:</STRONG> Wed, 21 Jun 2006 01:56:26
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<DIV><TT>Hi John.<BR><BR>Could it be that your customers also
renewed the plaster on the walls ? I experienced that when renewing
plaster, hygrometry can go wild. I mean, wild. And stay wild for
some time.<BR><BR>Best regards.<BR><BR>Stéphane Collin.</TT></DIV>
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<DIV><TT><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=4>I don't know but I'll
certainly ask.</FONT></TT></DIV>
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<TD><STRONG>Sender:</STRONG> "Joseph Alkana"
<josephspiano@comcast.net></TD></TR>
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<TD><STRONG>Subject:</STRONG> Re: Piano moved in another
room - bushings tight!</TD></TR>
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<TD><STRONG>Date:</STRONG> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 18:18:45
-0700</TD></TR>
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<DIV><TT>Last time I had a similar complaint I found out that
the piano made a stop-over outside for two days before being
moved back into the original room.<BR><BR>Another "tight key"
problem from a move turned out to be a jammed key-slip up
against the keys.<BR><BR>Joseph Alkana RPT</TT></DIV>
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<DIV><TT><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=4>I'll ask about
that, too. Not the keyslip -- 5 of the keys are
sharps!!</FONT></TT></DIV>
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<DIV><TT><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=4>Thanks,
guys. Keep those speculations coming. I'd really
like to figure this one out!</FONT></TT></DIV>
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<DIV><TT><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=4>John
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