Bushmaster question

[Greg Newell]

On Wed, 27 Mar 1996 07:01:46 -0700 (MST) you wrote:

>I have a question regarding the use of the Bushmaster tool.  I bought one
>about a year or two ago, but haven't used it.  It is a well made tool, and I
>like the idea behind it, but it seems to me that it puts too much cloth into
>the mortise.  I've always butted the ends of the bushing cloth over the hole
>in the key, then used the cauls to push the cloth down the sides of the
>mortise.  So the amount of cloth I insert is equal to 1/2 the width of the
>hole in the key.  Too little would be better then too much
>
>The bushmaster puts a piece of cloth closer to 3/4 the width of the hole.
> (I'm talking about a hole for a .146" key pin)  Since I bought it, I want to
>use it!  (<---My Scottish blood talking there), but not if it's not going to
>allow me to do the job correctly.  I'm just curious if anyone else feels this
>is too much, (or have I been using too little?)
>
>Gordon Large
>Maine



Gordon,
      Could you not just file some of the brass off of the end that pushes
felt in the key untill it suits your needs?
                  Greg
Greg & Mary Ellen Newell
Greg's Piano Forte'
12970 Harlon Ave.
Lakewood, OH 44107

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