Don Wigent hear: Last night at our guild meeting we were discussing key work, and the subject of bushing removal came up and one of the guys (Calvin Brown) told us that he had made a tool for bushing removal by drilling holes in a bushing caul and inserting a tube from a tea kettle to carry steam directly in to the bushing by means of holes drilled so as to let steam in to the upper part of the caul. That way you don't have to saturate the entire key. I think that this has been dun be for, has any one dun this. I bet you have Susan Don Wigent E C U ________________________________ From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Susan Kline Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 12:45 AM To: College and University Technicians Subject: Re: [CAUT] Key Bushing Removal At 03:32 PM 11/7/2006, Barbara wrote: Eventually I again hauled out the steam set up. Maybe they came out because they had had a "pre-soak." I think that the pre-soak works very well. I've come to the same result from a different direction. I pre-soak, sometimes twice, take out what will come out, and if they are really stubborn THEN I reach for a damp cloth and an iron to steam them out. I don't like cooking wood unless I have to. If there are pulley keys, I'll steam, knowing that it'll shrink the oversized holes - but if the balance rail holes are snug, I'll try to avoid steaming, so I don't have to resize them all later. Susan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20061108/51b47b08/attachment.html
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