Now you just have to catch the kid who is jumping up and down on the keyboard! Ryan On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 11:23 AM, David Boyce <David at piano.plus.com> wrote: > At a school earlier this month the head of music asked if I could fix > the sagging keybed of one of their 1970s Marshall & Rose uprights (quite > nice school pianos of that era). The bass end was hanging down at least > half an inch. I managed to fix it, by propping the middle of the keybed on > a chair such that the front of the piano was lifted off the ground and the > keybed forced back up to where it should be, letting me glue and screw it > into place. > > At another school last week the same thing was beginning to happen to a > similar piano. This time both ends, but only about a quarter inch. Similar > repair, this time using an old car jack. Three inch screws in through the > ends of the key cheeks which are pretty solid. (The key cheek blocks were > removed and the glue worked in before lifting the keybed up). Not elegant, > though the pianos are pretty beat-up anyway. But next time I attend, if I > am satisfied that everything has remained solid, I will cover the screw > heads with a suitable filler. > > Best regards, > > David. > www.davidboyce.co.uk > -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120129/3dcc36de/attachment.htm>
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