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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Paul,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A small screw placed at the bottom of the inside
corner of a cheek block, will cant the front and outside of the
block,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>so that the block will push the key slip out
away from the keys. Advantage is that it also keeps the block firmly against the
outside arm and is fairly quickly adjustable.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 19, 2008 11:16
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Keyslips making keys
stick</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Hi, Paul:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>I've seen a lot of this kind of binding
with the keyslip. Especially in said brand. I used to move the
keyframe backward (yeah, I know. The optimum strike point is
lost). At least the piano would play again. What really needed to
be done was to plug and redrill the dowel pins in the cheek blocks and move
the blocks forward a few mm's. Sometimes I put felt strips on the front
of the cheek blocks to shim out the keyslip. Usually, on the newer
grands, the cheek block has a notch which engages the keyslip and holds
it. I've tried shimming up the bottom rear edge of the keyslip, but
that does nothing. I've sometimes also added a small screw to the front
of the cheek block, which can be used to adjust the keyslip without
shims. I also sometimes sand the ends of the keyslip so it will fit
without binding on the inside of the arms.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> Not a huge deal but annoying and time consuming to remedy.
Welcome to the club.</DIV>
<DIV> Paul McCloud, RPT</DIV>
<DIV> San Diego</DIV>
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<DIV>Paul McCloud</DIV>
<DIV>Service Technician for PianoSD.com</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 06/19/2008 10:06:57 PM </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Keyslips making keys
stick</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2>I've noticed a number of keyslips that bow
(crown?) and/or tilt towards the key fronts, thus causing keys to stick down
when played. <BR><BR>Today I visited a YC TG150 baby with this
problem. I had pulled the action in it just over a month ago and all
was well when I left that day. Today, I could hardly get the keyslip out (or
back in), the ends were binding so tightly against the sides... much, MUCH
harder than last month. <BR><BR>I've shimmed a couple of these out now
with front rail felts which results in a nice even gap, but I curious why
I'm seeing so many of these lately. At least 50% are on pianos that I either
have not seen or at least not removed the keyslip in the past. The one I did
two days ago had a folded up business card (current owner's mom's tuner's
card from 20 years ago) already in there.<BR><BR>I've only been tuning for
about 3-1/2 years, and I see more pianos these days, but the incidence seems
to be picking up not! iceably. Is this such a common problem in general? I'm
thinking that today's was possibly caused by increased humidity, except I
believe there was a thread recently that mentioned that expansion isn't
really an issue along the grain... and come to think of it, I don't believe
that this keyslip is "wood" anyhow.<BR><BR>Thoughts?<BR>Paul
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