It's nice when the letoff rail can be removed. Makes for easier access. (I do remove them on uprights, when I go to that trouble). I made little wooden sanding paddles the width (plus a little) of the buttons, for individual ones that are out of line with the others. Popsicle sticks are about right. Nail files (with rough garnet grit or the like) are a little flimsy but can work. Where possible (meaning the bulk of the buttons are pretty much level with one another), I gang file, using those metal flexible paddles from Pianotek (PermaGrit, I think is the brand). So I go over a section with the metal paddle, then touch up the ones I didn't quite reach with the little wooden paddle. Same kind of thing ironing them: use the full clothes iron over the whole section, then touch up using just the tip on the ones that are out of line. Or use a keybushing broach in a heat controlled soldering iron. DO pay attention to the angle. It's easy to iron them all "off- parallel" (How would I know? <G>) Not a good thing. Kind of defeats the whole purpose, and turns it into a cam effect. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico fssturm at unm.edu On Aug 22, 2008, at 3:09 PM, reggaepass at aol.com wrote: > Fred (& List), > > I like your idea of sanding the impression made by the jack out of > the cloth punching on the let-off button. However, I have yet to > come up with an efficacious way to do it . Please be so kind as to > share the details of your procedure with me and the list. > > Many thanks, > > Alan Eder > > > > Get the MapQuest Toolbar. Directions, Traffic, Gas Prices & More! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20080822/087b7bea/attachment.html
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