At 12:08 PM 02/11/2001 -0500, you wrote: > >I have been reading this thread and for the life of me, can not figure out > >what a key dowel is. The capstan? > > > >Terry Farrell > >Piano Tuning & Service > >Tampa, Florida > >mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com > > >Yeh, Terry, you got it in one..... almost! > >I know I threw you with the extra "l" (that's old English). You thought it >was "do-well" at the end of the key! But in my limited vocabulary, the >dowel is the wooden thing on top of the wire which (the dowel) adjusts up >and down. A capstan is the same thing "cept it is made of metal. > >So someone please tell me, what do we call the wires that come out of the >back of the key to accommodate the dowel for it's these wires that are >breaking? > >John Lillico, RPT >Oakville, ON That would be the 'capstan wire', I would think. Dowel type adjusting executions can also be found on many aggravating let-off regulating apparatae, these types should have the top end of the dowel beveled as in semi-pointed, like being eased into a pencil sharpener; so a tool to adjust the jack rest regulating button can be eased in without undue process. But who am I to say... Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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