Brian, the likely causes are either growing leads or mice droppings between the keys. Also the piano might have been exposed to excessive amount of water or moisture. Or, maybe the carriers had the Fall up and strapped over the top and jammed the front rail in. Loose front guide pins might have shifted with the traveling, But I put my money on the key leads having grown if the piano has not been played for a while and the jamming keys not noticed. Regards Robin -------Original Message------- From: Brian Doepke Date: 07/01/06 11:52:44 To: 'Pianotech List' Subject: One OT subject and One "on topic" I had to laugh out loud when I read the last names of the first 2 tunings today. ( I just list the customers last names) My first 2 clients last names today were ( I am not kidding) Brake, Wind. Ok, more seriously. I received a call from a woman who said that 70% of the keys of her grandmothers recently moved upright piano were already down in the position achieved after a normal key stroke and would not work. she said upright but that could be anything from a spinet to an old, tall upright. Who knows!! Anyway, I have dealt with jammed keys in a recently moved grand, but not in a vertical. Does anyone have any ideas on what this might be?? (naturally I told her that I needed to actually see the piano and really could not even guess on what was causing the situation, or even how much it would cost to get them working again) Brian P. Doepke AAA Piano Works, Inc. Piano Tuning-Repair-Purchase Consults 260-432-2043 260-417-1298 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060701/69cd8ae0/attachment-0001.html
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