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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Why not just replace the leads.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=wimblees@aol.com href="mailto:wimblees@aol.com">Willem Blees</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 29, 2007 3:26
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Key Lead Replacement</DIV>
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<DIV>Terry</DIV>
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<DIV>This question was asked several months ago. Here on Hawaii, we have a lot
of growing key lead problems. Around here we shave them off with a chisel
flush with the side of the key, and then give each lead a shot of Shellac to
seal them in. That seems to do the trick. But so far, I've not encountered any
Yamaha's with this problem. So this might be something new. <BR></DIV>
<DIV style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<BR>Piano
Tuner/Technician<BR>Honolulu, HI<BR>Author of <BR>The Business of Piano
Tuning<BR>available from Potter
Press<BR>www.pianotuning.com</DIV><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com><BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Sent:
Thu, 29 Nov 2007 1:08 pm<BR>Subject: Key Lead Replacement<BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Looked at a 30 yo (guess) Yamaha G2 grand today with
keys sticking. It has growing key leads. Never seen that on a Yamaha
before. Grinding marks on many of the keys indicate that the leads were ground
down previously. I'm recommending that they replace all key
leads.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I've leaded keys as part of setting up an action. But
I've never just blindly replaced the leads, trying to duplicate the original
setup. I know that the owners definitely want to go minimal cost with this one
(Elk's Lodge).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Seems to me leads are often of slightly different sizes,
lengths, etc. If you are not carefully measuring Front Weights, etc., what the
heck do you do? Seems to me the fastest way would be to pop the old lead
out, weigh it, grab a lead of the same diameter, trim it to the original
weight and install. Or is that just too trashy an approach? Do I tell them
that we need to do a traditional weigh-off (but we can't because action center
friction hasn't been addressed, etc.)? Evaluate the original FW curve and
duplicate it (but that will mean some plugging, etc., i.e. more cost)? What is
an acceptable, minimal approach?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thanks.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell<BR>Farrell Piano</FONT></DIV>
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