[pianotech] Rebushing - New Article

[John Formsma]

Thanks for the article, JD. That's a great tip about rubbing the side of the
flange on wax. I'll try to remember it next time I'm rebushing.

I was taught to insert the pin, wait for the glue to dry, remove the pin,
then trim flush. I'll try your way next time. More than one way to skin a
cat, no doubt. Though I'd much rather be rebushing than skinning.  :-)

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JF

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 6:49 PM, John Delacour <JD at pianomaker.co.uk> wrote:

>
> 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
>
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