>... In speaking with the previous technician the keys were weighted >to give it a lighter touch, after new hammers were installed... >...I'm afraid I need to start knocking out weights, which is a >new operation for me. Can anyone tell me what problems I'm looking at? I >assume I have to plug the holes. . .any details you'd like to suggest? >...I'd love any suggestions ASAP. > >Bob Simmons, RPT I would first and foremost, determine if it is true that someone has added keyleads to the keys, has removed keyleads from the keys, and/or has relocated the original keyleads in the keys. If any of these items can be determined to have happened, I would attempt to undo those changes to make the keys has original as possible. If you do have to remove leads, I would fill the holes with dowel plugs for strength and continuity. Keith A. McGavern, RPT kam544@ionet.net Oklahoma Chapter 731 Oklahoma Baptist University Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
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