Thin bushing cloth?

[rlang]

>To: torrella@umich.edu
>From: rlang@mail.netdoor.com (rlang)
>Subject: Re: Thin bushing cloth?
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>>On Sat, 1 Feb 1997, rlang wrote:
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>>> I need to take the wobble out of some old piano keys so I was going to
>>> replace the front key bushing cloth.  I ordered the thinest available from
>>> IPS (.038" thick).  This appears to be way too thick.  I think I need about
>>> 0.019".  Does anyone know of a supplier of such thin bushing cloth? What
>>> about using paper or vellum for the key bushing?
>>>
>>> Bob L.
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>>Need more information.  What kind of piano (brand/model), what age? 1845
Knabe & Gaehle Square Grand  What
>>size are the keypins? 0.14"  What's the size of the mortise (side-to-side, not
>>front-to-back)?0.175  The thinnest bushing cloth I've seen was from
Pianotek --
>>right around .035" and I think that was a fluke.  What was the size of the
>>bushing cloth you are replacing? It looked more like leather, but it was
about .02"
>>
>>And what the heck is IPS??? International Piano Supply
>>
>>			     Ron Torrella, RPT
>>			Assistant Piano Technician
>>			  University of Michigan
>>			      School of Music
>>
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