[CAUT] "Cross papering" - was; pictures of new key weighting pattern

[Barbara Richmond]

Thank you, Jim.  Yes, I know about cross papering.  It was the layers of 
full length strips I was referring to.

I don't know if there is anything wrong with it technically, but I've seen 
some pretty "tall" flanges.  Sometimes I've peeled off all the paper and 
everything was fine...

Occasionally I leave the screw partially in the rail to paper, but often I 
take it off so I can get just the right amount of paper at the right spot. 
I also vary the width of the strips--am I just fooling myself that it makes 
a difference?  Seems like it does.

Barbara Richmond, RPT
near Peoria, Illinois


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Busby" <jim_busby at byu.edu>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] "Cross papering" - was; pictures of new key weighting 
pattern


> Also called "cross papering". A very useful technique not very well known.
>
> I think Barbara is referring to seeing 2 or 3 full length strips on one 
> side of the flange and 4 or 5 on the other. An excellent "Steinway School" 
> tech I know sees nothing wrong with it and says it "saves you from having 
> to take the screw all the way out, thus avoiding the possibility of 
> stripping treads by improper screw insertion".  While I would never do 
> this, is there anything really wrong with it, other than we've all been 
> taught not to do it??
>
> Jim Busby BYU
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of 
> Conrad Hoffsommer
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 11:15 AM
> To: College and University Technicians
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] pictures of new key weighting pattern
>
> Barbara Richmond wrote:
>> It sort of reminds me of going into space and travel Steinway parts and
>> finding layers of paper on both sides of the flanges.
>>
>> br
>>
>
> Paper on both sides of S&S flanges is sometimes necessary if extreme
> shifts left or right are needed. Half or quarter strips left front and
> right rear will shift the hammer well to the left w/o affecting travel.
>
>
> --
> Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician
> Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
> 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076
>