Keyslips making keys stick

[David Ilvedson]

If the middle was bowed in you would trim the middle dowels only?   I'm thinking usually 3 dowels, so middle dowel trimmed...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

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From: tom <tomtuner at verizon.net>
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Received: 6/23/2008 8:38:20 AM
Subject: RE: Keyslips making keys stick



>List,
>	My 10 minute solution is to trim the dowels protruding from the
>bottom of the slip on the side facing the player, essentially making the
>dowels smaller in diameter than the corresponding hole in the keybed. Then
>glue a piece of leather in the holes one quarter the circumference of the
>hole on the side closest to the keyframe. 
>	Hard to describe, but think of it as making a smaller hole and
>"moving" it away from the keyframe . Then when inserting the slip (with the
>smaller dowels) a new space is created without adding any extra friction.
>I'm all for doing what needs to be done in whatever time and resources may
>be available, and this technique qualifies on both counts.
>	Tom Driscoll RPT  

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