Have him or her go back to the August and December 1996 Journals and read the two articles I wrote about energy losses in piano actions. In one of those articles I described how to improve (I realize the idea of "improving" anything to do with the piano is subjective so perhaps I should just say "change") these keys. Basically I removed the so-called Accelerated Action "rockers" and replaced them with normal thin felt punchings. I then used the space gained to accommodate maple plates of equal thickness (4 mm comes to mind but you should check) glued to the bottom of the keys. Did wonders to "change" the performance of the action and the piano. Del _____ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Farrell Sent: May 01, 2008 12:22 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Flexy S&S D Keys I have an associate that has a 1970s S&S D with too much key flex. I have no direct experience with this, but I am aware of the situation and that some folks have had success by beefing up the keys. I believe I believe the most popular patch is to install extra-long hardwood key buttons. Is that the best fix? I wouldn't want to do that task. Where/who is the best place to send keys to for the recommended fix? Thanks. Terry Farrell Farrell Piano www.farrellpiano.com terry at farrellpiano.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080501/92754d62/attachment.html
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