STRING COVER+FIRMER TOUCH

[Fenton Murray]

Aw,
DA, DA, DA, I can feel the love. I just got kind of wordy over this in
another post, you'll find it. I think it's Jon Page who just put up a great
picture of the procedure. You know, you just do it a couple times and you
love it. You know, it feels the same to drill and lead fill a hole in a
spinet key as it does in a S&S key, I get the same satisfaction on a shop
day. Sometimes I don't even know what I'm working on, does it matter?
Fenton
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Andersen" <david at davidandersenpianos.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 6:47 AM
Subject: Re: STRING COVER+FIRMER TOUCH


> Right on, brother.  I'd love it if you describe your protocol in
> detail, along with pictures if you can. This is the kind of stuff
> that's relatively easy to do, and makes you into an instant hero with
> the grateful client. Which is the best word-of-mouth marketing win
> you can have. No wonder you're doin' so well, Fentone.
> xoxxoDA
>
> On Mar 9, 2007, at 10:16 PM, Fenton Murray wrote:
> > I've found that most all inexpensive small verticals need
> > re-weighting/balancing of the keys. Upgrading to a better piano or
> > not, once
> > you have the procedure down, it is a couple hours work with minimal
> > part
> > cost, and major improvement in touch. If I had to play on a You
> > Name It
> > console, this is the one repair/upgrade I would consider worth
> > while. This
> > is really going to help repetition and touch. Many of these pianos
> > have
> > upweight of 12 to 15 grams, they just don't play well, the least
> > bit of
> > friction and notes fail. These same skills become essential when
> > working on
> > performance pianos, why not learn to drill and swage leads on a
> > console and
> > make someone happy? Magzallia has an awesome press that makes the
> > job fun.
> > Fenton
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "William R. Monroe" <pianotech at a440piano.net>
> > To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> > Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 1:04 PM
> > Subject: Re: STRING COVER+FIRMER TOUCH
> >
> >
> >> Brian,
> >>
> >> What is the piano you are considering doing this on???
> >>
> >> Do they really need balancing/reweighing of the keys, or a new
> >> piano?  If
> >> they are concerned about the child's pianistic development, don't
> >> put a
> >> band-aid on her sliced jugular vein.  If the piano is a PSO and not a
> > decent
> >> instrument, you might first encourage them to upgrade.  After all,
> >> finger
> >> strength is one thing, but if the piano isn't capable of dynamic
> > expression,
> >> or helping the child develop a sense of touch, what's the point in
> >> re-leading here?
> >>
> >> If you do end up installing leads, I'd recommend you look up Jiffy
> >> Leads
> > in
> >> the Schaff catalogue - then promptly forget they exist (for the most
> > part).
> >> If you are going to balance/reweight these keysticks, do it
> > professionally -
> >> drill & swage.  JMO.  I think the jiffy leads probably have a good
> >> use,
> > but
> >> I haven't found it yet.  ;-]
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> William R. Monroe
> >>
> >>> Please let me more about the Jiffy key leads.
> >>>
> >>> Thank you,
> >>>
> >>> Brian P. Doepke
> >>>
> >>> On all consoles and spinets which come through the shop
> >>> I install back lead. A good way to recycle leads removed
> >>> from grand action improvements. Mostly on the naturals
> >>> to effect a -6g FW to even the touch between the sharps and
> >>> naturals.
> >>>
> >>> An alternate to drilling and swaging lead is to install Jiffy Key
> >>> Leads.
> >>> -- 
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>>
> >>> Jon Page
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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