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Piano Repair & Maintenance
Types of Pianos
Parts of a Piano
How to Remove the Key Slip
How to Remove the Key Frame
Hammer Mechanism
How to Fix Piano Hammers
Hammer Height for Piano Tuning
Piano Tuning Problems
How to Use an Electronic Piano Tuner
How to Use an Electronic Piano Tuner: Musical Instrument Tuning Equipment
How to Tune the Treble Section of a Piano
How to Tune the Tenor Section of a Piano
How to Tune the Bass Section of a Piano
Condition & Performance for Piano Tuning
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Summary: How to remove the key slip when repairing a piano; learn this and more in this free video lesson about musical instruments taught by a piano tuning and care expert.
Tom Flowers, owner of "Well Tempered Piano Tuning," has been tuning pianos for 10 years. He taught piano for 18 years & has been playing since he was a child. He tunes in the Prescott...read more
"On behalf of ExpertVillage.com I'm Tom Flowers, owner of "Well Tempered Piano Tuning and I'm here today to tell you about piano tuning and maintenance. Now we're going to slightly dismantle the piano in order to examine it further. There are some apparent problems that we can see out here and as we get in we'll probably find more. This is known as the key slip. If it works this is the number one reason that a key will stick because this presses against the keys and will not pull out and operate. This is the fall board; it covers the keys when the piano is not being played. That needs to come out. Typically over time the fall board grows and the case shrinks, so it's not always easy to pull out. And lastly, these are called end blocks. They are screwed in from the bottom and from the back. The keyboard has to be able to move. The far left peddle, sometimes known as the third peddle, moves the keyboard over to strike less strings, making the piano softer and changing the tone somewhat. In a grand piano like this, the action is housed on what's called a key frame and you'll see that when the action comes out. The end blocks keep the key frame solidly down against the key bed so you don't have any rapping or tapping sounds while you're playing. "
eHow Article: How to Remove the Key Slip
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