Here is my current set up, all nicely put together so it can go in the trunk of the car. And showing various wedges and other spacing bits of wood to customize the set up. The machine screws are "permanently" attached to the board via nuts. First step is to mark the key, showing what direction any particular side needs to be moved, and how much. Then, with the key in the clamp, measure initial distances, and come up with a set of wedges or whatever so that you can pull the key into that direction, without any twisting or bending you don't want to happen. This is still in draft stage, as I find that with varying key lengths and angled keys I need it to be more flexible in design. In any case, the "key" to the whole process is water. Wet wood can be bent, and pretty permanently. Heat helps speed things up. I have also managed to bend keys successfully in the vertical direction, but clamping needs to be extra careful, bearing on the key beyond the button for the initial clamping. P8210016.JPG P8210017.JPG -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20090821/ba3ae17b/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: P8210016.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 19252 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20090821/ba3ae17b/attachment-0002.jpg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: P8210017.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 21135 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20090821/ba3ae17b/attachment-0003.jpg>
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC