<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: key bushings</title></head><body> <div>Don't use them.  Use leather instead, if you are worried about quick wear.  I have also had reasonable longevity using CPL on the cloth bushings and Pro Lube on the pins after they have been cleaned and polished.</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Have any of you used, with success, the key bushing inserts from Schaff? About 15 years ago I put a set on a heavily used grand in a hotel lobby, but I quit tuning there several year later, so I don't know it they are still in there, and what the long term effects are. I would put them only on the practice room pianos.</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"><br></font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">What say you?</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"><br></font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Wim</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <blockquote><font face="New York" color="#0000FF">Vince Mrykalo<i> RPT MPT</i></font></blockquote> <blockquote><font face="Arial Black" color="#0000FF">Senior Piano Technician</font></blockquote> <blockquote><font face="New York" size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>Crane School of Music</b></font></blockquote> </body> </html>