[Files] Key Bushings - Again

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Ken,
Looks original to me. Done lots of them using Spurlocks cauls.
put the calls in with the overhang facing out. Let the glue  dry to very
tacky remove the call and snip off the excess using flush nippers and
reinsert caul to dry.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Zahringer" <ZahringerK at missouri.edu>
To: <files at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 1:55 PM
Subject: [Files] Key Bushings - Again


>
>
> I’m just running into all sorts of odd stuff here lately.
>
> We have two S&S 45s from 1953 here that need a lot of work.  My first
> step was going to be to replace the key bushings, but when I opened
> the piano up and looked at the keys, I found the bushings were set
> below the surface of the key button, and the wood was deformed right
> next to the bushing, as if the bushing had been installed in the
> usual manner, and then punched down almost 1/16”.  I have attached a
> picture, but it doesn’t  have the detail I would have liked.  All the
> key buttons are like this, and all the front bushings as well, so I
> suspect it is factory original.  It really doesn’t look like the
> results from one of those “key bushing tightener” jobs.
>
> I have only worked on a couple of SS45s; has anyone seen this
> before?  My main concern is that when I try to remove the bushings
> I’ll take a big chunk of the wood, the part that was punched down,
> along with it.  I wonder if I ought to just plan on replacing the
> buttons.  What do y’all think?
>
> Thanks,
> Ken Z.
> -- 
> Ken Zahringer, RPT
> Piano Technician
> MU School of Music
> 297 Fine Arts
> 882-1202
> cell 489-7529
>
> Photo:
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> http://tinyurl.com/nf7ve
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> Direct ptg.org URL:
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