[Files] Key Bushings - Again

[Avery]

I don't know, Ken. It sure looks like one of those "bush whacker" jobs
to me. That's what a friend of mine used to call that tool. :-)

Avery

At 02:55 PM 5/8/2006, you wrote:


>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:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/nf7ve
>
>
>
>Direct ptg.org URL:
>
>http://ptg.org/pipermail/files/attachments/20060508/10138587/ 
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