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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I agree with David =
here.
Occasionally I have to re-level keys on a player install, in which the =
level is
really out, and I always do it with the stack on. The only exception to =
this
would be on a Steinway accelerated action, then I tend to use key =
weights.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> The only difference =
in our
methods would be perhaps the tools. I have a pair of spring tweezers ( =
you have
to squeeze them to get them to open) which I have ground down on both =
sides to a
point with a whetstone. I level all the C's, say, and then guesstimate =
the
white's in that octave. I place the cut punchings under the cloth front =
rail
punchings as I'm measuring and guessing. (Just lift the cloth, place the =
punchings half way under the cloth, and depress the key). When I think =
I've got
it, I take a stiff wire jig, 14" long and about 1&1/2" high, put it =
under
those keys, and lift them all up. Bill Spurlock teaches this, and I like =
the way
it works. Then, I just lift the action up, and I can pull the punchings =
out and
place them on the appropriate pins. The reason I ground the tweezers to =
a point
is so that I can use them to raise the cloth punchings before grabbing =
the paper
ones to place on the pins. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> On the sharps, I =
place them on
under the felt of the front pins just to the left of the sharps which I =
am
leveling, that way I don't have to reach as far into the frame to =
retrieve them.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Once you do this one =
or two
times, it goes really fast. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=davidlovepianos@earthlink.net
href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">David Love</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 21, =
2002 11:31
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: getting =
punch(y)ings</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I use the "stack on" procedure all the time and it =
works very
well. I don't<BR>think it's necessary to remove the stack and =
replace
the split punchings.<BR>They're not going anywhere. If you look =
under
the keys of many Yamaha's you<BR>will find many split punchings. =
The
tricks are in the tools. <BR>David Love<BR><BR>
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