Piano moved in another room - bushings tight!

[Avery]

John,

No matter what the problem is/was, why are you rebushing? Why not 
just ease the affected keys?

Avery Todd
University of Houston

At 05:35 PM 6/20/2006, you wrote:



>Hello List,
>
>A customer just called and since she lived nearby, I went to see the 
>piano right away.  She complained of certain keys so tight that her 
>daughter, the player, couldn't push them down.  I inspected and 
>verified the symptom.  The problem seems to be that some, 6 total, 
>of the keys' bushings are now extraordinarily tight.  So I'm in the 
>process of rebushing them right now.
>
>What I want to know is why?  What you might need to know is that 
>about a week or so ago they borrowed my 4-wheel dolly to move the 
>piano to another room while carpet was being replaced in its home 
>room.  This problem exhibited itself when the piano was moved 
>back.  It was working fine before they moved it.
>
>What happened?  Why just "select" keys?  And should I recommend then 
>that I re-bush the entire set?
>
>Kinda makes me go, "hmmm."
>
>Thanks in advance