These were the original factory bushings. Same self-stick felt on all buttons though the guide rail bushings were "normal". This piano is in a practice room for piano majors. Four years is not unusual to need bushings in that case. Those pianos are played long and hard - especially hard! We have another M purchased at the same time but I haven't rebushed that one yet. I'm sure I will soon. dp David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Kendall Ross Bean Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 7:13 PM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: [CAUT] Tuning Pin Questions, self adhesive nameboard felt Dave~ A 4 year old Steinway M? Self stick nameboard felt? Were those the original factory bushing in the keybuttons? Or had it been previously rebushed.....? Or were there two kinds of felt on the keybutton? (Its just hard to believe keys would have been rebushed within the first four years... (Either confused, or incredulous, or perhaps, both~) ~Kendall PianoFinders www.pianofinders.com <http://www.pianofinders.com/> e-mail: kenbean at pianofinders.com phone: (925) 676-3355 Connecting Pianos and People Kendall: You asked how many still use self stick nameboard felt. This summer I rebushed the front and balance rail bushings on a 4-year old Steinway M and while the guide pin bushings were traditional, the felt on the key buttons was clearly self-stick felt! It was the exact same stuff as the nameboard felt. Fortunately it came off well - the sticky stuff stuck to the felt not the button - but I had certainly never seen that before! dave David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu <https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20080709/92dff396/attachment.html
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