Anyone familiar with the keyslip problem on the Hasting pianos? As far as I can tell there is no way to remove the keyslip, short of *breaking* or chiseling it from the keybed,wrote Bob Hastings on Sept 20th. Bob, I've never seen a Hastings piano but I have experienced similar problems on another well known brand. In each case, I *did* move the keyframe back just enough for the keys to not rub the keyslip. I too had worries about changing action relationships, but it occured to me that perhaps the key frame had been mis-located in the first place.(Things *do* happen in the factory that get past quality control). In any event, no change in touch,friction,etc., good or bad was detectable. On this particular piano the front rail and the balance constitute the keyframe. The Backrail is separate and glued to the keybed. Just remove those keys that are over the keyframe screw locations, position the keyframe/keys as needed and redrill for the new keyframe screw location.(Of course, using the same holes will pull the frame back to where it was in the first place) Paul Dempsey Marshall University wippen@aol.com
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