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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> December 18, 2002 9:05 =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: key bushings</DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">It's always fun to go off on tangent on a =
questions. It
adds some levity to the list. (Can I throw in my glue gun?)<BR><BR>But =
besides
just telling I should not use plastic bushings, I don't think any one =
told me
why they should not be used. Remember, I want to put these on practice =
room
grands, not the concert grand or the piano teacher's studio pianos.
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>Wrong =
material and not
enough research and poor quality control.</FONT></DIV>
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size=3>The material
didn't stand up well under long-term use. There was no way to fit them =
to
various size pins and pins do vary in width. There was no way to adjust =
them to
take up wear and they did wear. There was no way to hold them in the key =
mortise
-- the ribbed ends just didn't make it. At the time there was no =
adhesive that
would bond to the stuff to hold them in the mortise. They varied in size =
overly
much. The manufacturer apparently used a multi-cavity mold and
the cavities seemed to vary =
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<DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2
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size=3>I think that
about covers it....</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Del</FONT></DIV>
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