The proper cauls also turn the corner and put that extra length of cloth, so that when installing the keys, the bushings have less chance of being pushed out. John Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia On 03-02-2012, at 12:23 PM, pianolover 88 wrote: > I usually send keys out to be rebushed, or to have new keytops installed. But I had just acquired a console that I was going to sell too a local client, when I discovered about half of the keys bushings had fallen out. I checked all the other keys and the bushing were intact and looked good, so I decided to rebush the bad ones myself, but didn't have any cauls. > > I looked around for little objects that that might suffice, and just by sheer luck, I discovered that vagias plastic elbows were as close to perfect as it gets! The snap-in end fit right down into the oval key hole, and compressed the bushing felt with perfect snugness, and after drying, and to my great relief, resulted in a perfect bushing job! > > And because I have a whole set of elbows, I had more than enough to do all the bad keys in one go! The elbows are slightly tapered which makes them snugger the further down they are inserted, and also stop against the bushing hole since they have a "t" shape about 3/4" up, very similar to actual cauls. > > Cheers, > > > Terry "UniGeezer" Peterson > "Over 50, and not '2' Tired!" > www.unigeezer.com > <DSC02089.JPG><DSC02085.JPG> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120203/c0ad982a/attachment.htm>
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