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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> perpetually sticking =
keys</DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">List<BR><BR>I got in too deep this time. I =
sold a
little spinet piano last month. I had replaced the damper felts, key =
bushings,
and keytops. I included a free tuning and although there was no =
written
guarantee, I promised her that the piano was in good working =
order.
Which it was. <BR><BR>While the piano was in my posession, I did =
have
ALOT of trouble getting the keys eased so that they would return
promptly. Every time I went out to the shop I'd find another key =
that
wouldn't come back up, but I thought I had them all taken care =
of. And
if she had any problems, I planned to install lead weights on the back =
of the
keys.<BR><BR>Which I did, two weeks ago, when she called to tell me =
that there
were a couple of sticking keys. With the weights installed, I =
figured
that would be the last I'd hear from her. =
<SNIP><BR><BR>Nope.<BR><BR>Tom
Sivak<BR>Chicago PTG Associate</FONT><FONT face=Geneva =
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> A few posibilities =
come to
mind-</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Tight whippen =
-flange action
centers</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Rusty or rough =
spoons digging
into the damper levers</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Maybe you've =
already
eliminated these options.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Best =
,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Tom
Driscoll</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>