List; A local colleague presented an interesting problem at our meeting this week. He is working on an older Sauter vertical ( I do not know age or model at this time. Perhaps 15 - 25 years old ) and the task is to bush the keys. The problem is that the original key bushings were made of cork (yes cork ) disks inserted in round mortices at both the front and balance rails. Imagine a hole about the size if a dime in the key button. The cork has now deteriorated and is in fact gone from most of the keys. Has anyone seen such an arrrangement and / or replaced said bushings? Some suggestions at the meeting were leather or dense felt to replace them. Many thanks. David David C. Brown RPT Staff Piano Technician School of Music The University of Texas at Austin mailto:dcbrown@mail.utexas.edu
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