The general meeting for this month will be held on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 starting at 7 p.m. at Frank and Camille's new showroom location:

Please note: Frank and Camille's closes at 8 p.m. The meeting must begin promptly.

This month's technical class will be an open forum for all topics and any questions.

The Executive Committee will meet prior to the general meeting at 5 p.m. at the Majestic Diner, 498 Old Country Road, opposite Fortunoff's.

There is a kind of "sticky key" that is peculiar to the Acrosonic drop-action spinet. It occurs when the lifter-finger of the sticker is displaced and not properly centered over the capstan. When the key is depressed, the capstan lodges itself between the two adjacent fingers, and the key and hammer remain stuck. My first inclination was to assume that the sticker had warped, so I exchanged it with others that were perfectly aligned. These also became displaced. In actuality, the cause of the problem must be a poorly drilled bird's-eye for the wippen flange or sticker center-pin holes, thereby creating a skewed position. To achieve a quick and easy field repair, drill a 1/16 inch pilot hole in the keystick centered next to the capstan on the side of the finger displacement. Insert a 5/8 inch #4 oval-head brass screw (usually used on grand lid long-hinges), or similar small round-headed screw, to the height of the capstan. The screw will act as an "auxiliary capstan," and remain fully under the lifter-finger at all times.