<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> After woring for a good amount of time with Bösendorfer, and being an apprentice at Steinway in Hamburgh... I can simply say what you said.. expence... thy dont think its necessary... atleast thats what i was told... however theres a different way out... i will snap a picture of my piano and maybe will give an idea of what else might help preventing keyslip from warping.. so stand by... :-)   Alicia > Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:36:16 -0500 > From: barr8345@bellsouth.net > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: Keyslips making keys stick > > One thing I have not seen mentioned on this thread is a reason that the > warp occurs because the inside of the keyslip is not finished. I don't > understand why the manufacturer does'nt do this. Can any give a reason > other than expense. > Norm Barrett > > Richard Brekne wrote: > > Hi Folks > > > > I understand a temporary jury-rig and the need for it as well as the > > next guy. And I think I rather covered that end of things in my first > > post. But here it seems that a jury-rig solution is being proposed as > > a fully viable long term fix and thats where I part roads. > > > > I mentioned that factories dont do this, and dont for obvious reasons. > > Whilst I have no problem in looking at solutions for problems that are > > not necessarily standard factory procedure, I cant ignore that > > virtually all factories through time have opted quite consciously to > > not bush the key slip on the front rail of the action. > > > > Finally... come on guys... there are plenty of ways of doing a > > permanent fix of a warped key slip without bushing the thing. And > > there have been several suggested...even quick fixes that will most > > often work. A temporary rig in a jam is one thing. A good long term > > fix that doesn't compromise or risk compromising soft shift function > > is another. > > > > Cheers > > RicB > > > > > > <hr />Get 5GB of online storage for free! <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000005ukm/direct/01/' target='_new'>Get it Now! </a></body> </html>