hey hey, :-) I don't do a lot of key rebushing, but for the ones I do I like the Bill Spurlock method (707-452-8564). He makes cauls from polyethylene to fit any size keypin you can come up with, so I bet he could make them shorter, too. You could call him and find out. Clyde Hollinger Lance Lafargue wrote: > > hey, > I'm restoring a turn-of-the-century Sohmer upright and the balance rail > mortises are narrower than my cauls and bushmaster. The balance pins are > .146, but the width (front to back) of the hole will not allow me to insert > the caul or bushmaster or the precut bushing cloth strips. The buttons are > in great shape and I don't want to replace them. Any ideas on enlarging > the hole? I was considering getting an extra set of cauls and narrowing > them on a belt sander to fit the hole. Thanks. > LANCE LAFARGUE, RPT > LAFARGUE PIANO SERVICES > New Orleans Chapter > Mandeville, LA. > lafargue@iamerica.net
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