<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3354" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=619140200-09072008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave~</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=619140200-09072008><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=619140200-09072008><FONT face=Arial size=2>A 4 year old Steinway M? Self stick nameboard felt? Were those the original factory bushing in the keybuttons?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=619140200-09072008><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=619140200-09072008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Or had it been previously rebushed.....? </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=619140200-09072008><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=619140200-09072008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Or were there two kinds of felt on the keybutton?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=619140200-09072008><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=619140200-09072008><FONT face=Arial size=2>(Its just hard to believe keys would have been rebushed within the first four years...</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=619140200-09072008><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=619140200-09072008><FONT face=Arial size=2>(Either confused, or incredulous, or perhaps, both~)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=619140200-09072008></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=619140200-09072008><FONT face=Arial size=2>~Kendall</FONT> </SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV align=left> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=533361603-16112007>PianoFinders</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=533361603-16112007><A title=http://www.pianofinders.com href="http://www.pianofinders.com/">www.pianofinders.com</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=533361603-16112007>e-mail: <A title=mailto:kenbean@pianofinders.com href="mailto:kenbean@pianofinders.com">kenbean@pianofinders.com</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=533361603-16112007>phone: (925) 676-3355</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=533361603-16112007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=533361603-16112007><EM>Connecting Pianos and People</EM></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=533361603-16112007><EM></EM></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=533361603-16112007><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2>Kendall:<BR><BR> <BR><BR>You asked how many still use self stick nameboard felt.  This summer I<BR>rebushed the front and balance rail bushings on a 4-year old Steinway M<BR>and while the guide pin bushings were traditional, the felt on the key<BR>buttons was clearly self-stick felt!  It was the exact same stuff as the<BR>nameboard felt.  Fortunately it came off well - the sticky stuff stuck<BR>to the felt not the button - but I had certainly never seen that before!<BR><BR> <BR><BR>dave<BR><BR> <BR><BR>David M. Porritt, RPT<BR></FONT><BR></FONT><A href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">dporritt at smu.edu</A><BR><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>