Hi Joe, There is usually one or two lugs protruding from the plate to support the keybedWith shims to correct for bowing. The keybed is srewed through a hole in the lugs. Check this first. You will probably find the shims are missing. Cut a piece of maple to fit, and jack the keybed back up. Drill a hole through the shim, and rescrew it to the plate. A belt sander it handy to trim the shim to the right thickness. I have managed to stabilize and straighten a few keybeds by screwing 1 1/2" angle iron (steel) to the rear of the keybed. The fast fix, just shim the rails. This gives you some choices. Regards Roger At 05:37 PM 4/24/02 -0700, you wrote: >List, >The problem: >Customer said his keys didn't feel like his teacher's piano. Turned out that the key dip was about a fat 3/16" for most of the middle of the piano. This is one of those pianos: A "Grand" console. It appears that the keybed has sagged. Can any of you suggest an in home repair for the situation? I know, most of you will say this is a POS or something like that, but it's the only piano the poor child will have for a few years at this point. I suppose I could just shim up the balance rail, but the original problem will still be there. Any suggestions? >Joseph Alkana RPT >josephspiano@attbi.com > >Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\keybedno.htm" > Roger Jolly Balwin Yamaha Piano Centres. Saskatoon/Regina. Canada.
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