Rebushing centers method

[Barbara Richmond]

Sorry to cause you pain, Terry.   :-)

You know, it's funny about methods in this field--someone (who is always 
smarter than I am) comes out with what seems to be a great idea and then 
later it is debunked and then if we wait long enough it might resurface as a 
great idea again, like bell bottoms, platform shoes and toe socks.  (My 
brother and his wife painted their family room what appeared to me as 
Harvest Gold!--I refrained from saying that it looked like our old 
long-dead, but not forgotten, refrigerator.)  I remember when tearing was 
all the rage--and for some folks it still may be.   Then there is my not 
very good feeling about graphite, which is in the Renner bushing 
cloth--unless that has changed.

Mostly we were looking for a more exact method of finding the correct width 
(to cut or tear or size) and using cloth already on hand.

Thanks.

Barbara Richmond, RPT
near Peoria, IL


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: Rebushing centers method


> AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Tear bushing cloth?????????????????
>
> We used to live in caves and club our dinner to death daily. I mean it
> worked. We ate.
>
> But then people discovered better ways to drum up some chow.
>
> Seriously though, I have done a fair bit of re-bushing action centers over
> my few years in this business. During my first year I went to the Annual
> PTG convention and took a class from Joel Rappaport (I think) on action
> centers. He (or whomever it was that was actually teaching the class - I
> think it was him - sorry if I'm wrong) recommended using Renner pre-cut
> and pre-glued action cloth. It is all I have ever used. I have never had a
> problem with it. I always gives my perfect predictable consistent action
> centers. I highly recommend it.
>
> Terry Farrell
>