Leather key bushings

[Farrell]

How could the front rail pin "travel" twoard the player?

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don" <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: Leather key bushings


> Hi Phil,
> 
> Sometimes the front rail pin "travels" towards the player and ends up
> rubbing against the wood. Or perhaps it is the balance rail going towards
> the strings. In any event check for this before you "squeeze". Best of
> Luck! Let us know how it goes.
> 
> At 09:58 PM 4/1/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >I've got a job tomorrow easing sticking keys at the front rail pin.  It
> >looks like the bushings are leather.  It's a hundred (plus) year old German
> >grand piano.  Is there something I should/could do differently than I
> >would/should with cloth bushing?  I plan to use a bushing pliers and maybe
> >some Protek.
> >
> >Phil Ryan
> >
> >
> >
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> 
> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
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