This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hello Tom Sivak I, for one, shall be watching your progress with interest. The "dowel" = as you call it is mounted by a screw thread onto a thick pin which is = driven into the top of the key. These (in UK) are called "Dolly Tops". = Beware of adjusting these. Have a soldering iron on, applied to the pin = just below the Dolly. Be sure to use a small self-gripping "mole wrench" = between the point of heating and the key - a heat sink. This is a sure = method of easing solidly rusted joints between metal and wood. For replacement ivories I use an impact adhesive - it doesn't warp the = ivory as PVA glue does. (Is this an equivalent to your CA glue I = wonder?) The black coating on the top of the Dolly is Black-Lead. It is = obtainable from most hardware shops or from your piano parts supplier = and is applied as thickly as you can with an artists' paint brush. The = solvent for it to clean the brush is Methylated Spirit. Over to you - and good luck. This is just what this post site is for. Regards Michael G (UK) ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/cb/82/e1/68/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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