bumps in keys

[Clyde Hollinger]

Friends,

Quite a few responses refer to key leads, when the original post talks about
"wooden blisters."  So maybe I can learn something here I didn't know.  Are
key leads ever put in the keys where they are not immediately visible from
the sides?  Maybe inserted from the bottom or something?  I'm a little
confused about how a question regarding wooden blisters turned into a
discussion of key leads.

Regards,
Clyde Hollinger, RPT
Lititz, PA, USA

Greg Newell 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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