[pianotech] Twisted sticks

[Michael Magness]

On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> wrote:

> On 8/11/2012 9:07 AM, Michael Magness wrote:
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>
> Sorry Ron I missed your Journal T&T article I've been doing this for years,
>>
>
> Me too, Mike. Lots of years. Kerfing and gluing is a very old method of
> "bending" wood, and still works pretty well after all those hundreds of
> years. Not that I've been doing it for hundreds of years, but someone has,
> and a good old idea stolen is still a good idea.
>
>
>
> You're probably right about this particular key,
>>
>
> Well, this particular key is what we're talking about, and there's no
> indication at all that the warp has anything to do with it not working
> whereas it's very obviously front heavy as were a whole lot of others I've
> experienced. Personally, I like to start with the very obvious basics
> first.
>
>
>
> I haven't used your
>> "whittling" technique although it makes sense I have seen keysticks from
>> old uprights with cutawys similar to yours.
>>
>
> Which is probably where I got the idea originally. Point is that it
> directly addresses the most likely real cause of the problem, and it's
> really easy to do (if you don't remove the fallboard and can't get it back
> in <G>).
> Ron N
>

Point(s) taken(G)


Mike

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Michael Magness
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