Keyslips making keys stick

Richard Brekne ricb at pianostemmer.no
Mon Jun 23 04:30:44 MDT 2008


As I understand it, these solutions involve placing / gluing  something 
or another in between the front of the key frame front rail and the key 
slip. If thats the case I see nothing elegant about the solution at all. 
Simple perhaps, but no more so then a more appropriate fix. If this was 
a good way of doing thing I am quite sure virtually every piano 
manufacturer would have some kind of similar thing built into their 
pianos from the get go. None do... and that should be a clue.

If the thing it warped... unwarp it. 

Cheers
RicB


    Matthew,

    Do what works, fella.  Alicia's solution is elegant and simple. 
    Folded up business cards are not so elegant, IMO, but they work
    too.  Whatever.  Pick your battles.  I prefer what Alicia has
    suggested because it is smooth, adjustable and stable over the long
    term.  If you use a card and choose to use a dab of glue I'd use
    PVC-E as opposed to CA.

    William R. Monroe




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