This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A number of reasonable thoughts have been expressed. BUT, IMHO, before = anything else is tried, first determine the source(s) of the excess = friction. First thing is to separate the action from the keys - remove = the drop stickers from the key ends and specifically target evaluating = key friction alone. If it turns out to be the key bushings, you might = try ironing them. I don't like the key-crushing method of key easing. You did not specify your key re-bushing method. I have done numerous = sets of keys using the Spurlock system (w/ mortise-sizing cauls) and = have never had any problem like you describe. Let us know what happens. Sounds like a real headache! Terry Farrell List I got in too deep this time. I sold a little spinet piano last month. = I had replaced the damper felts, key bushings, and keytops. I included = a free tuning and although there was no written guarantee, I promised = her that the piano was in good working order. Which it was. =20 While the piano was in my posession, I did have ALOT of trouble = getting the keys eased so that they would return promptly. Every time I = went out to the shop I'd find another key that wouldn't come back up, = but I thought I had them all taken care of. And if she had any = problems, I planned to install lead weights on the back of the keys. Which I did, two weeks ago, when she called to tell me that there were = a couple of sticking keys. With the weights installed, I figured that = would be the last I'd hear from her.=20 Nope. She called yesterday with more sticking keys. Now, it's winter here = in Chicago, the indoor climate is dry, compared to spring, which is only = a few months away. If she's having problems now, oh boy. My question is: what the heck can I do next? I've eased the keys from = here till Sunday. I put the lead weights all the way at the back of = the key for maximum effect. I polished the keypins and sprayed them = with TFL50. I don't know what to do next to get myself out of this = quagmire. I want her to be satisfied with this instrument. I want to = stop driving the 25 miles to her house. HELP! Tom Sivak Chicago PTG Associate ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/08/49/c0/54/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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