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[Wimblees@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 98-10-10 08:36:08 EDT, you write:

<< They are on the same level as the complete plastic red felt bushing
replacements.  you just wallow out the hole and drop in the red plastic.  I
bought some but was afraid to use them for the noise they might generate.
 James Grebe >>

I put in a set of plastic bushings once in a grand piano at the Adams Mark. As
much as that piano was played, they went through a set of bushings once a
year. 

The plastic bushing were great. I didn't have to remove any wood. I glued them
in, and they worked. The only problem I had was adjusting the dip. Because the
bushings protruded beyond the key, I had to take out all the felt punchings,
and readjust the dip. I hadn't allowed for the time to do this, so I lost a
little money on  the job. But the keys didn't make any noise, and three years
after I put them in, they were still working. (This was 10 years ago, and I
haven't been back to that piano since. I ought to stop by one of these days
and see if they are still in there.)

>From my experience, I am surprised plastic bushings aren't being done on a
mass scale. Any of you with other stories on plasitc bushings.

Wim