<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>RE: Keyslips making keys stick</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"/> <style type="text/css">  </style> </head> <body> <blockquote type="cite"> <p align="left">Excellent!<br/><br/>David Ilvedson, RPT<br/>Pacifica, CA 94044<br/><br/></p> <div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; border-left: #000000 3px solid; padding-top: 5px"> <hr/>Original message<br/>From: "Jon Page" <jonpage@comcast.net> </jonpage@comcast.net><br/>To: pianotech@ptg.org<br/>Received: 6/24/2008 3:02:53 AM<br/>Subject: Keyslips making keys stick<br/><br/> <blockquote type="cite"> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#000000">It sounds like you're thinking that the unfinished side of the keyslip</font></p> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite"><font face="Arial" color="#000000">is going to pick up moisture while the other side does not, thus causing</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite"><font face="Arial" color="#000000">unequal expansion and bowing.</font></blockquote> <div><br/></div> <div>When refinishing, I will spray a few coats of sealer</div> <div>on the back side of the key slip for this reason.</div> <div><br/></div> <div>When there are screws along the rail securing it in place, plug the central</div> <div>holes in the key slip and reinstall with the end screws and a shim in the center</div> <div>to force it away from the keys. Drill new central screw holes. Problem solved.</div> <x-sigsep> </x-sigsep>  <pre>-- </pre> <div><br/>Regards,<br/><br/>Jon Page</div> </div> </blockquote> </body> </html>