bumps in keys

[Greg Newell]

Clyde,
    First, I've seen it and second, what else would cause the blister?

Greg

Clyde Hollinger wrote:

> 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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