<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=328492521-24012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Good point, Mike. One other thing is the connection of the drop sticker to = the back of the key. Often there is binding there, especially if the adjusting = nut is a dowel with felt glued around the bottom. If this is the set up you have, = take all of those stickers into your shop and sand the felt down on your disc = sander so that none sticks out past the sides of the dowell. = </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=328492521-24012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=328492521-24012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Dean</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT = face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Michael Spalding<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 24, 2005 9:28 = AM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: perpetually sticking keys<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Tom.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>One more thing that I don't = think has been mentioned yet:  sometimes the wire stickers can apply a = forward or backward torque to the keys, depending on the fit of the regulating = nut in the mortise at the back of the key.  Sometimes the wire stickers have = been bent so as to neutralize this torque, or to exploit it by urging the = keys upward.  Sometimes, in the course of regulating lost motion, or = replacing elbows, the wires can rotate, so that the bend in the wire sticker is misaligned, forcing the key up or down, or twisting the key sideways = so that it binds on the pins.  Hard to describe, but pretty obvious once = you've experienced it.  First step in an elbow replacement is to look = for the bend and figure out how to get the wires back in the same = orientation.  If after you disconnect the sticker from the key you find the key = moves freely, and the wippen/hammer assembly returns readily, look for a = problem wit! h the sticker/key connection.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Mike</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Tvak@aol.com href="mailto:Tvak@aol.com"></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> 1/24/2005 7:47:22 AM = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: perpetually = sticking keys</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT = face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Thanks to all for the = great advice.  I have some things to look for now.  <BR><BR>I = have to admit that there was nothing offered here that I hadn't heard of before.  Yet, when I wrote, I felt like I was at a dead = end.  A fellow tech/friend once said to me, "The hardest thing about working = on pianos is remembering the stuff that I know."  (Yogi Berra = couldn't have said it any better.)<BR><BR>Thanks again.  I go on = Wednesday to remedy the problem.  Wish me luck.<BR><BR>Tom Sivak</FONT><FONT = face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></FONT> </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>