Hi Richard, I would say, never turn the front pins. Doing that will put a lesser contact area of pin/bushing, and cause faster wear. Regards, John M. Ross Richard Moody wrote: > Turn the front pins. For the balance rail, try sticking a needle in the > leather to "puff" it up. Bad word, but I have quasi success with this with > felt BR key bushings. > > Ric Needles (a lot) > ---------- > > From: Jon Ralinovsky <ralinoj@muohio.edu> > > To: pianotech@ptg.org > > Subject: leather key bushings > > Date: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 3:02 PM > > > > List, > > Recently I've been rebushing keys with leather, but the keys always seem > > too loose to me afterwards. The fit feels good before I bush, and also > > when I put the intermediate cauls in. Now there is about 1/64" of play > at > > the balance rail and maybe 1/32" play at the front rail. Is there > > something I'm missing? Is the leather shrinking because of the water in > > the hot hide glue? Any suggestions are appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Jon Ralinovsky > > Piano Tech, Miami U., Oxford, OH > > ralinoj@muohio.edu > > > >
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