This sounds like a neat idea, except that the glue sizing would concern me here in the South, where I imagine that high humoidity could cause stickiness around the key hole. I would be interested in trying the steaming to swell out the compressed wood, followed by a controlled drying and then a soaking with lacquer or something which would reconstitute the wood fibers and add some density. Super thin super glue ??? Thump --- Mark Dierauf <mark@nhpianos.com> wrote: > > I had an old Fischer grand where the keys were so > bad that the front > line of the ivory overhangs looked ragged when > viewed from above. There > was substantial (1/32" or more) side to side play as > well as the worst > front to back play that I've ever experienced. The > keys needed rebushing > anyway, so I treated the balance holes to a liberal > blast of steam from > a tea kettle, say about 10-15 seconds each, followed > by a generous > slathering of thinned hide glue and to my amazement > the problem > disappeared completely and hasn't returned in the > ten years since. The > glue sizing mixture was actually nothing more than > the water from the > jacket around my glue pot, where I dip the brush > between uses to keep it > clean. It was basically just hot water with a very > small amount of glue > in it. Just enough glue so that it would produce a > gel when cooled. > > - Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Love > [mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net] > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 8:33 PM > To: Pianotech > Subject: Pulley Keys > > Anybody want to share favorite methods for fixing > pulley keys? > > > David Love > davidlovepianos@earthlink.net > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/
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