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none"><B>To:</B>
<A title=pianotech@ptg.org
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Tuesday, April 08, 2003 10:24 PM</DIV>
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none"><B>Subject:</B>
Re: keys not returning</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 =
face=Arial size=2
family="SANSSERIF">In a message dated 04/09/2003 12:09:43 AM =
Eastern
Daylight Time, <A =
href="mailto:dnereson@dim.com">dnereson@dim.com</A>
writes: <BR></FONT></FONT>
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type="CITE"><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 =
face=Arial size=2
family="SANSSERIF">height. If that's not the case, then =
there's
either friction or worn bushings or tight bushings or action =
parts that
are too light, or another way of looking at it -- they keys need =
a
little weight between the balance pin and the
capstan.<BR></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT =
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size=2
family="SANSSERIF"><BR>Hi,<BR>I am just coming in the back door =
of this
thread,so I might be repeating something,or off base.When I'm =
checking
sluggish problems,I first check the key, taking the action out of =
the
equation,by lifting up the whippen off the key,and the =
reverse,checking
action centers,by taking the key out of the =
equation.<BR>Best,<BR>Hazen
Bannister</FONT> </FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica> It's not so =
much a
problem of sluggishness as that of the key not coming all the way =
back
up. If the action pinning is within reason and the key =
bushings
aren't worn or too tight, I use Jiffy leads -- usually as close to =
the key
button (on the back side) as possible. They're manufactured =
for a
reason. What else do you do? For one or a few =
keys, now
-- we're not talking about re-weighting the whole =
keyboard. You
do that if there's a lot of them not returning and the player will =
notice
the difference and can afford it. --Dave Nereson, =
RPT</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
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href="mailto:fishwar@earthlink.net">Warren
Fisher</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 09, =
2003 4:05
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: keys not =
returning</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Sure sounds like an angled upper section key with a =
worn
center bushing to me. Have you tried using a flat-ended =
needle file
to smooth out the sides of the socket that is worn into the felt? =
Of
course, if you had a small chisel, you could pop out the bad felt =
and put
new one in there and charge it to misc. repairs. What'cha
think?</DIV>
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<DIV>No, we've already assumed bushings, pinning, easing, =
squaring, etc.
are all OK. Everything's OK except the key doesn't return =
all the
way up. The front half of the key is too heavy for the =
action parts
on the other end of the see-saw. The rear half of the key =
needs a
weight (or the front needs one removed, or the wippens need to be =
heavier
or the balance rail hole is in the wrong place). --David =
Nereson,
RPT</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><PRE class=moz-signature =
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