Glissando facilitation

[Porritt, David]

Mark:

What's the down weight and how are the front bushings?  That can make a
lot of difference.  If each key goes down easily as you glissando a
"normal" key feels fine.  If the down weight it too high or the bushing
too tight it does feel bad.

dp

David M. Porritt
dporritt at smu.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
Behalf Of Mark Dierauf
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 9:25 AM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Glissando facilitation 

Sorry, I couldn't think of a better subject heading for this one. I have

a client looking at a high end B I have for sale, which he really loves,

but there are a couple of things that he'd like me to do. One is that he

feels that the key edges are a bit hard on his fingers when he performs 
a glissando. This particular keyboard is original 1906 ivory, in 
remarkably excellent condition. Other that making sure that everything 
was glued down tightly, the only thing that I've done to them is to give

them a light sanding and then polishing with white tripoli. The edges 
aren't particularly sharp, and the key sides show very little (if any) 
wear. Have any of you ever had such a request? My only thoughts are to 
lightly shoe-shine the edges with super fine-grit paper, (and) or to 
perhaps rub a little beeswax on the edges of the ivory.

- Mark Dierauf