I just received my bottle of VS profelt from pianotek and was wondring if anyone has had any success in sizing key bushings with this stuff. I serviced a piano yesterday that had recently rebushed keys and the cauls used were too big. No wear at all on the cloth and all were consistantly loose both front and center . I don't have the action in the shop yet and I will experiment tonight on some old keys ,but would also appreciate any feedback from your collective experience. It would be nice to not have to rebush . Thanks, Tom D. Haven't found myself in the particular scenario you describe, but have used V S Profelt on somewhat worn key bushings, after a light steaming (and, in some cases, needling of compacted area a la Steve Brady's method), and followed by cauls of appropriate size overnight. Overkill? maybe, but effective. Alan Eder Sounds like it would be less work to rebush the key Dean W May Dean, Less work to rebush ? I love the work ---Thanks Bushmaster -- But the suggestion by Alan could not take more than 30-45 minutes plus the overnight wait . I move right along but my rebushing procedure takes me much more time. Remember my scenario here has relatively new cloth with no appreciable wear. I'm all for doing the job correctly but with a customer that is budget challenged and is considering the Tom Driscoll adopted Dean Garten Spa treatment day of service,taking the keys to the shop will take resources that I would use toward maximizing performance.-- I'm willing to give it a shot and if the stuff doesn't work I'll sell the bottle to Phil Bondi ! Tom D. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100402/036a65cf/attachment.htm>
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