[CAUT] pictures of new key weighting pattern

[Chris Solliday]

Tim and Alan,
 My experience is that putty is better for redrilling. For one thing there
is no glue line and also if there is any horizontal cracking you can clean
it up/tighten it up with the Liquid Wood and Putty mix. With staining you
can produce a close to key look too. I know techs who prefer putty because
they say it's faster, but I have found it is better to wait the full five
days after installation before messing with it. So actually plugs are faster
unless your glue cure is slow. BTW after 35 years at this I am officially
removing fast from my offerings to customers, along with cheap which fell by
the wayside when I realized there isn't any competition in this business
except with my own demons. So "good, fast or cheap, pick two" now becomes
"good, this is what it costs and I'll call you when it's finished."
"Life can be a dream... shaboom."
Chris Solliday
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Geinert" <geinert at drtel.net>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 9:53 AM
Subject: [CAUT] pictures of new key weighting pattern


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> Alan,
> I used wood plugs mostly because I didn't have time to wait for
> anything.  My thoughts on this are that no matter what you put in there
> cannot make the key weaker than it was with the weights in the holes, and
> the key was ok then.  Also, the strength of the key should be in the
> continuous wood fibers in the top and bottom of the key.  Or so methinks.
> If I'm wrong about that, I'm sure we'll hear.
>
> tg
>
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Alan Crane" <alan.crane at wichita.edu>
> > To: <geinert at drtel.net>
> > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 4:54 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CAUT] pictures of new key weighting pattern
> >
> >
> >> At 01:10 PM 1/7/2008, you wrote:
> >>>... I just finished plugging over 400 holes...
> >>
> >> Thank for the photos, Tim.
> >> Hope you're getting to do the rest of the job too ________ the piano
> >> should turn out markedly better!
> >>
> >> Just curious... did you plug with wood plugs & glue or with the epoxy
> >> putty?
> >> I've always been a bit curious as to whether either method leaves the
key
> >> stick stronger (especially when re-drilling holes for a new lead
> >> pattern).
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> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Alan B. Crane,  RPT
> >> School of Music
> >> Wichita State University
> >> alan.crane at wichita.edu
> >