Thank you for this video. I'm currently psyching myself up for taking my key box apart. I only have one mildly sticky key which is still playable (we've had 3 humid years in a row, followed by a break, but the summer has come back humid again), but I also want to tune a small number of tangents, which I'm having trouble doing with the keys in place (very stiff, don't turn easily, good in a way, but I don't want to accidentally break them).
When you try to turn the tangents, please use a pair of plyers that have tape or something like that around the tips, so as not to damage the tangents. Also, try to get as close to the key as possible when turning. If you do this with the key out of the keybox, you can at least get the tangent loose if it is stuck, but you wouldn't be able to fine tune it. That can only be done while it is being played. We hope to get a video posted on fine-tuning tangents in the next month or two.
Thank you for this video. I'm currently psyching myself up for taking my key box apart. I only have one mildly sticky key which is still playable (we've had 3 humid years in a row, followed by a break, but the summer has come back humid again), but I also want to tune a small number of tangents, which I'm having trouble doing with the keys in place (very stiff, don't turn easily, good in a way, but I don't want to accidentally break them).
When you try to turn the tangents, please use a pair of plyers that have tape or something like that around the tips, so as not to damage the tangents. Also, try to get as close to the key as possible when turning. If you do this with the key out of the keybox, you can at least get the tangent loose if it is stuck, but you wouldn't be able to fine tune it. That can only be done while it is being played. We hope to get a video posted on fine-tuning tangents in the next month or two.