[pianotech] Joe Garrett's recipe for TP bushings

[Ron Nossaman]

Clark Sprague wrote:
> On a grand I'm rebuilding the old tuning pin bushings
> were .41 od but I am unable to find a new set that is
> anything smaller than about .44 od.
> 
> Would you just not put in bushings on this one, or do
> you have a quick method of reducing the size of the
> bigger bushings?

Hi Clark,
I'd chamfer the top edge of the holes and drive the suckers on 
in. They should go just fine, and won't come anywhere near 
splitting when you drill the hole and drive in the pin. The 
compression of funneling them into a smaller hole assures that.
Ron N