[pianotech] Steinway console keys

[Ken Smith]

Thank you for the responses. I suspected the same.

Kenneth Smith / Registered Piano Technician

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: J Patrick Draine 
  To: pmc033 at earthlink.net ; pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 10:06 AM
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] Steinway console keys


  And check the friction in the flanges' bushings too. The small Steinway verticals had billings flanges, and verdigris is certainly possible in the bushings.
  Patrick


  On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 2:35 AM, Paul McCloud <pmc033 at earthlink.net> wrote:

     These Steinway consoles
    are notorious for sluggish keys.  Often these keys are too heavily front
    weighted, and his removing the leads may have helped with keys that didn't
    return.  Now you just have to finish the job.
          
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