When we can handle things like this (and more difficult things), word gets around. I often see attempts at "repairing" sticking keys: the most usual is a heater bar in the action cavity. You can see pen/pencil marks (and, more rarely, chalk marks) identifying the problem keys. Which still are usually not working properly. And the jiffy leads. Often the solution is as simple as easing a bushing or balance hole. Sometimes it's an action center. Nothing remotely like quantum physics, though. And I wonder how good those toonings really are? -- JF On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 7:24 AM, Gerald Groot <tunerboy3 at comcast.net> wrote: I run into the idiot tooners here like that all the time. Weekly for sure. Here's a no brainer for you. Ran into a customer that had two "tooners" cheaper end tuners of course that couldn't cure the problem on two sticking keys. Know what it was? A piece of pencil lead that had gotten stuck between two keys. Like, duh! It was stuck toward the back of the keys. Guess they never thought of simply removing them and letting it drop down beneath. Or, maybe, they couldn't figure out how to take them out. Who knows.... Then, just that fast, we become almost a savior or something because we could fix it. Ever notice those kinds of pianos are almost always crappy ones too? Jer -- JF
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