Wallace Scherer wrote: > Dear fellow techs. > > I have never seriously gotten into rebushing flanges; just enough to pass > the test on the course I took many years ago. My question is this: > > With replacement flanges only costing about 60 cents (US) retail, why would > I ever want to charge my customer the labor involved in rebushing a flange? > (which I imagine would be close to $5.00) > One reason I can think of right off the top is that you can quickly get good enough at it that you can do a better job then the factories do. This kinda job is where a piano tech can really shine. Factories simply dont have the time to insure 100 % quality 100% of the time. You can. It takes you more time, but generally techs have the time to spend on such a job. You can also get around some of the blunders (my words here) that factories like Renner insist on making (the use of graphite in bushings being my number one beef with Renner). You rebush a couple hundred of these and you will get fast enough at it. You start balancing the tightness on each side, create a real consistant flange friction and you will easily notice the difference in virtually any action you work on. > > Wally Scherer > Lake Worth, Florida Richard Brekne I.C.P.T.G. N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway
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