John, You said: "... and tripled the radius of the spring end." In more detail what/how did you do this? Kindest Regards, Garret -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of John Delacour Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 2:51 PM To: David Ilvedson; pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Pully keys At 10:57 -0700 19/4/10, David Ilvedson wrote: >Cradles are key buttons? You had to steam them off to clean inside >the key? I doubt the lubricants came from Steinway. I usually >use a bit of thinned water/glue...which won't work in your case... No, your "key buttons" are our chases. My cradle is your repetition lever or whatever the latest nomenclature is. The black soap was in the spring groove and had gone hard. Besides that the curl on the end of the repetition spring has far too small a radius and wears a dent in the hornbeam. I have cleaned out the muck, burnished the groove and tripled the radius of the spring end. JD -- ______________________________________________________________________ Delacour Pianos * Silo * Deverel Farm * Milborne St. Andrew Dorset DT11 0HX * England Phone: +44 1202 731 031 Mobile: +44 7801 310 689 ______________________________________________________________________
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