I'm working on a 1970 Hamburg model D Steinway -- a pretty unimpressive piece of workmanship generally speaking and among its defects is a rather soft Kluge keyboard, nearly with nearly all the balance holes ovalized. One a few of the keys I have made a 3mm deep saw kerf at the font of the hole and inlaid a strip of rosewood. This works fine but I'd rather find a quicker way since already I have discovered too many unforeseen jobs to do and I don't want my hourly rate to fall too low! I had to remove all the cradles to scrape out from each about an ounce of hardened tallow and graphite and the same delightful stuff seems to have been used to lubricate the balance holes, to what purpose heaven knows. This would prevent the adhesion or absorption of the various products I'd considered as a solution to the pully keys. Any good ideas? JD
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC