<br><br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Ron Nossaman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rnossaman@cox.net" target="_blank">rnossaman@cox.net</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class="gmail_quote"> <div class="im">On 8/10/2012 1:50 PM, Rob McCall wrote:<br> <blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class="gmail_quote">Ron,<br><br>I thought about this... I remember you talking about this quite a<br>while ago but I wasn't sure which area of the key to whittle. Your<br> picture tells all. Thanks...<br></blockquote><br></div>That makes me 1000 words ahead!<br><br>That's the only place you really can remove a lot of material without it showing or weakening the key. And I take off as much as I can, rather than try for any three decimal balance figure. Very scientific, but functionally practical. It is C-8 after all, and the front needs lightened a lot. <div class="im"><br><br><br> <blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class="gmail_quote">I have a follow-up tuning in about 3 weeks. I'll bring my whittling<br>knife and get to work.<br></blockquote> <br></div>No tape stitches though. Save the blood for stringing. <G><br>Ron N<br><br></blockquote></div> <div><br>I have another idea, I've done it before with great success, cut a kerf 3/4 of the way through the key in the oppisite angle of the twist, put some Titebond in the cut & clamp it end to end until the kerf closes on top.</div> <div>You will now have a straight or semi-straight key.</div> <div>I had a Baldwin spinet that had about 5 or 6 of these, fixed them all that way.</div> <div>Mike <br clear="all"><br>-- <br> <br><span>I think we are a product of all our experiences.</span> <br><span><a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/s/sanfordiw283095.html" target="_blank">Sanford I. Weill</a></span> <br> <br>Michael Magness<br>Magness Piano Service<br>608-786-4404<br><a href="http://www.ifixpianos.com/" target="_blank">www.IFixPianos.com</a><br>email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com" target="_blank">mike@ifixpianos.com</a><br> </div>