[pianotech] Rebushing - New Article

[John Delacour]

At 21:38 -0600 8/1/09, John Formsma wrote:

>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.

Well that's what I do too.  These two pictures show the bushing after 
the pin has been inserted:

<http://pianomaker.co.uk/technical/rebushing_hammers/rebushing_13.jpg>
<http://pianomaker.co.uk/technical/rebushing_hammers/rebushing_14.jpg>

and I leave the pins in until the glue is thoroughly dry.  The 
business of trimming the inside and then pulling through for the 
other side is simply to save cloth, or rather to save time making 
twice as many strips.  It is just as good to do just one pull and 
leave a single cylinder of cloth passing through both sides, but it 
uses more cloth.

JD