<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = name="PlaceType"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PostalCode"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> Avery:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> A few keys on this piano were ok, many were in need of = steaming/glue sizing but 28 or 30 (I lost count) were past that stage.  It is a = piano that has been in a classroom so has not gotten the attention that it should = have had.  When we have more work than we can get done, the priorities = sometimes get skewed.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> dp<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> David M. Porritt<o:p></o:p> <a = href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu">dporritt@smu.edu</a><o:p><= /o:p> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Avery Todd Sent: Thursday, November = 17, 2005 8:02 PM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: Chucky = keys<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> Dave, Have you tried steaming them first? Just curious. I find that when I = steam out bushings from the center rail, I usually end up having to ease the balance rail = holes. Avery At 12:19 PM 11/16/05, you wrote: <o:p></o:p> I’ve = just been working on a piano that had some chucky keys.  Some could be fixed = by glue-sizing, but 28 needed a kerfs cut and veneer inserted.  = Whenever I’ve done this before I’ve just placed the kerf by hand and = it generally worked ok.  This time I figured a way to put the kerf in = exactly the right spot.  I put the key in the vice and inserted a balance = rail pin and held it firmly to the back of the hole.  I then put the saw = right against the pin and started the cut.  Each of these came out = exactly right with no chucking and the keys lined up perfectly.   I’m probably the last one in the world to discover this, but it = worked!   <img border=0 width=640 height=640 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01C5EC09.62EAE830" alt="[]"> dp __________________________ David M. = Porritt, RPT <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName = w:st="on">Meadows</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType = w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> of the Arts Southern <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName = w:st="on">Methodist</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Dallas</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">TX</st1:State> = <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">75275</st1:PostalCode></st1:place> <a href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu">dporritt@smu.edu</a>  <o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>