JD, Fine article on replacing action center bushings. This is an operation that I don't do all that often, and I definitely learned a few new things from the benefit of your experience, your clear writing and helpful photos. Since you solicited all manner of comments, I though there may be one minor item worth pointing out. Forgive me if it is obvious, for you may already be well-aware that to be "knocked up" (as in, "A simple tool can be quickly knocked up for making the ends on the strips") means something other than "fabricated" on this (the U. S.) side of the pond. If you were indeed already aware of this, then please accept my :). Thanks, yet again, for your generousity on this list, Alan Eder -----Original Message----- From: John Delacour <JD at Pianomaker.co.uk> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 4:49 pm Subject: [pianotech] Rebushing - New Article The recent discussion of centres etc. has raised some interesting points and there are may other relevant points that have not been mentioned. The piano that is the subject of my article on Grand Hammer Rebushing is 140 years old. I am having to rebush the hammers because someone else has re-centred them at some point. I don't expect hammer centres to remain trouble-free for 140 years but it's not unreasonable to hope that the other centres will, and in fact that is the case with this piano , though I must admit it seems to have had a pretty quiet life. Here is the article: <http://pianomaker.co.uk/technical/rebushing_hammers/> All comments are welcome JD -- ______________________________________________________________________ Delacour Pianos * Silo * Deverel Farm * Milborne St. Andrew Dorset DT11 0HX * England Phone: +44 1202 731031 Mobile: +44 7801 310 689 * Fax: +44 870 705 3241 ______________________________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090107/70d752ef/attachment.html>
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