Hi Rafael - Most likely you are correct that the keyslip is glued in place and was held there while the glued dried with the staples. I would sure like to see some other pictures of the piano - this thing appears that it may have been home-made - or at least the case was put on the piano in a non-factory setting. I ran across a similar piano not very long ago. I think the one I saw was some American manufacturer (Kimball maybe - I don't recall). The piano was not terribly old - maybe 10 to 30 years - and although the plate and back frame, etc. appeared to be factory - the case was CLEARLY not from a factory - and I mean the ENTIRE case. One of the things that really gave it away was the finish - it was applied with a brush (like so many garage-type jobs), but there was nowhere to be found ANY evidence of an "original" finish, nor any evidence that an original finish had been stripped off. There were parts that would normally have a finish that had no finish. And clearly the woodwork was sub-par (even for a Kimball). Hard to tell from the two or three photos I saw, but the paint job, the staples, and a keybed made from particle board and plywood sure doesn't look like any factory-made piano I've ever seen. I figured that perhaps in my case, someone - maybe a relative of someone who worked in the factory - or maybe a closed factory - somebody found a strung back and actions, etc. and built a case for it themselves. Terry Farrell On May 19, 2010, at 1:28 PM, Rafael M. Huberman Muñiz wrote: > Jon, i pulled out one staple and it is vert small (2mm) i don't > think they are holding the keyslip... I Also tried banging out the > keyslip with a hammer and it didn't move at all... I beleive it is > glued... > Rafael H > > Enviado desde mi iPhone > > El 19/05/2010, a las 11:32 a.m., Jon Page <jonpage at comcast.net> > escribió: > >>> No staples and no screws... >> >> On photos 3 & 4, look at the rectangular indents into the bottom >> of the keybed a short distance back from the keyslip, staples. >> >> In photo 4 there are two staples embedded at the end with two >> more spaced along the length. >> -- >> >> Regards, >> >> Jon Page -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100524/1826dba2/attachment.htm>
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