Fw: growing lead weights in England

[Michael Gamble]

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From: "Michael Gamble" <michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk>
To: <pianotech-request@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: growing lead weights in England


> Hello List
> We too grow lead weights in this fair isle. Oddly enough I mostly find the 
> problem in Grands - very few uprights have this problem... Why?
> Had a grand the other month where the weights were so grown the keys had 
> all split and the piano was un-playable. The damage was so severe I had to 
> take the keyboard back to the workshop and punch out all the old leads. On 
> inspection the keys were worthy of a whole range of digi-photos to show 
> the client just how bad things were. Suffice it to say that the individual 
> keys had to have new leads installed. I glued them in with Evostik 
> woodwork adhesive, also worked glue into the splits and clamped, in order 
> to completely close those huge splits, until dry. I could attach some 
> piccys - but I guess you all know what I'm describing! I did the same 
> thing for a Doctor's grand and she coined a new pseudo-medical term for 
> this condition. It is now called Plumbitis!
> Regards from
> Michael G (UK)
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