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Re: greasing other corks

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2020-04-15 00:51

Chris P wrote:

> You shouldn't have to sand anything - you can do the
> adjustments by bending the keywork.
>

John G. wrote:

> Chris, I'll respectfully disagree with you on that. Will I
> *sometimes* bend keywork? Yes, but only if something is quite
> out of whack or to make a minor/fine adjustment.

It sparked memories when I read these two posts.

When I was in high school and then college, Hans Moennig did most of my repair work. He was always bending things - not major movement, but small adjustments - moving pad cups or slightly tilting them to level pads, adjusting the bridge keys or the RH rings, etc... That's how he would get pads to seat and linkages to fit and work maximally once he had mounted the pad or the cork.

There was another excellent repairman in Philadelphia at the time, Leonard Zapf, who worked out of his family's store in North Philly. Hans had the greater national reputation, but Leonard also did great work and had a following in the local area. Leonard disliked bending keys to adjust anything, and I never saw him do it. He carefully selected pads for their thickness, sanded bridge key and thumb key corks and, I think, even the 'crow's-foot" key to make them work correctly He even mentioned once to me how much he disagreed with Hans's key bending.

They were both great craftsmen.

Karl

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