Hi I ran into a piano with inserts one time way back when... over here actually. I dont remember the make. The actual mortises were round and the inserts were made of some kind of plastic gooish stuff. They had by and large disintegrated and bits and pieces of them were scattered all over the keybed. Nasty situation really and the only thing I could think of at the time was to get a new set of keys made. I suppose the idea in itself seems sound enough. But I sure remember thinking I hope I never run into another one of these. All in all strikes me as just as easy to do keys the standard way. If it aint broke.... Cheers RicB Yesterday I was inspecting a Baldwin Grand which had very loose keys. The first thought I had was the key bushings were shot. When I pulled the action and removed the first key to look at its bushings I noticed that there were about 10 key bushing inserts laying on the key bed. I have seen them in the Schaff catalog (page 84, 521 and 521A) and wondered if they were worth using. I put them back in the mortises and put a dab of glue on each one in hopes that this would cure the problem of them falling out. My question is; has anyone had any experience with these bushing inserts? If this is the norm for these type bushings I don't think I would want to use them in the future. Ron Boyd, Milwaukee, Wi. Associate member chapter #532
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