Steinway D keys

[Nichols]

Del,
    Thank You oh Thank You, sir, for your response. I remember the action 
saturation articles (at least some of the info), and I figured that 
shoes(feet) or new top buttons would be the solution if the budget was 
there, but..... well... you've just saved me a messy bit of 
experimentation. Thanks again.

Did I say "thanks"?,
Guy



At 09:14 AM 1/3/2005 -0800, you wrote:

>Hi Guy.
>
>Yes, I have tried stiffening Steinway D keys. Not with saturating the 
>sides with
>glue but by epoxying fiberglas cloth and carbon fiber cloth on their sides.
>(Separate experiments.) The whole thing was exceedingly messy and not
>particularly effective. My final solution (see the PTJ articles on action
>saturation) was to eliminate the half-round balance button and install a maple
>foot along the bottom of the keys of equal height. The original buttons stayed
>in place. Again, see the articles.
>
>Del
>
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