Lead filing (was bumps in keys)

[Jon Page]

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Lead dust could get airborne by sanding and will settle throughout the=20
shop; not a good idea.
Filing lead only clogs the teeth, don't bother trying to get it out.

If lead needs to be trimmed, a sharp knife or chisel will shear it off with=
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the only hazard
of clumsy wealding, it could smart.

To remove the 'bump', either bang the lead in the opposite direction or=20
trim the bulge with a chisel.

Jon Page

At 09:36 PM 11/12/2000 +0000, you wrote:
>Hey Greg,
>
>why not sand or file them?  I was actually taught to do that.
>I mean, if you just wear gloves and a mask the lead shouldn=B4t be=
 dangerous.
>Is that the reason?  Or something else?
>Will they be looser?
>
>Kristinn Leifsson,
>Reykjav=EDk, Iceland
>
>
>
>
>At 16:02 12.11.2000 -0500, you wrote:
>>Cameron,
>>     It's probably recessed leads expanding and showing their ugly heads.
>>Don't sand them!!!
>>Greg Newell
>>
>>Cameron Jacobi wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have a question for anyone who would care to answer
>> > - I tuned a piano yesterday - a Sohmer upright, about
>> > 20 years old - a lot of the keys were sticking - but
>> > two of them, when I pulled them out - had something
>> > like wooden blisters at the sides - I don't really
>> > know how to describe it - it was as though something
>> > inside the key was trying to make its way to the
>> > surface - almost like a bubble in the wood - if the
>> > wood continues to do that, those keys will be rubbing
>> > the ones next to them.  Does anyone have any idea what
>> > could cause that, or what should be done about it?
>> > I'd appreciate any input.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Harriet Lipman
>> >
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Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
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