---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment At 9:55 PM -0800 11/25/04, Isaac Sadigursky wrote: >... On some older pianos there are clear marks from old-fashioned >key leveling leads which had 2 sharp nails and were tapped with >light hammer near the capstan,but,probably,it was too time >consuming.I do have a sozen of those leads with nails and they work. >... I get kind of aggressive when I re-level a set of grand piano keys. When adding/removing balance rail shims, the clip-on type weights tended to fall off, and the nail type weights wouldn't stay put either, though somewhat better. So I finally decided to ground the nails off and install Scotch joiner plates (nomenclature?) with contact cement. This allows eight (8) holding points per weight. I tap them on with a small hammer, and I use all eighty-eight (88) during a re-leveling process. And yes, it takes more time to put them on, and to take them off, but the results are worth it for me. The only real downside I see that would exist in some folks minds is the evidence of such activity by the holes that have been introduced in the wood. That's my method of madness. Keith -- Keith McGavern Registered Piano Technician Oklahoma Chapter 731 Piano Technicians Guild USA ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 01[1].jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 13633 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/48/0a/e3/d9/011.jpg ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 02[1].jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 13008 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/19/a5/bd/f0/021.jpg ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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