Sauter vertical

[Jon Page]

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Dado a slot through the bottom and make inserts.
Or cut them out of an old set of keys or say a set
of Yamaha Ivorite replacements.

Jon Page

At 06:58 AM 6/18/99 -0500, you wrote:
>List;
>
>A local colleague presented an interesting problem at our meeting this
>week. He is working on an older Sauter vertical ( I do not know age or
>model at this time. Perhaps 15 - 25 years old ) and the task is to bush the
>keys. The problem is that the original key bushings were made of cork (yes
>cork ) disks inserted in round mortices at both the front and balance
>rails. Imagine a hole about the size if a dime in the key button. The cork
>has now deteriorated and is in fact gone from most of the keys.
>Has anyone seen such an arrrangement and / or replaced said bushings? Some
>suggestions at the meeting were leather or dense felt to replace them. Many
>thanks.
>
>David
>
>David C. Brown RPT
>Staff Piano Technician
>School of Music
>The University of Texas at Austin
>mailto:dcbrown@mail.utexas.edu
>  
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