Baldwin key bushing removal

[Jon Page]

At 10:40 PM 03/15/2001 -0600, you wrote:
> > (I use the
> >Bushmaster and Spurlock cauls, although I am thinking about getting the
> >brass cauls from Pianotek. They look as if they would work better. Any
> >negative opinion out there?)
> >
> >John Formsma
>
>No negative opinion here. I'm still using a set of aluminum cauls I made
>before the brass ones were available, and a couple of sets of brass of
>different sizes that I bought later. I bush with hot hide glue, and one of
>the things I like about the brass (or aluminum) cauls is that I can heat
>them up with a heat gun just after I finish the set, and when I take them
>out in the morning, the bushings are pressed and ironed smooth and nicely
>fitted. Normally, the only easing I have to do is chipping out the
>occasional overly ambitious (sloppy) rock hard glue squeeze out at the
>bottom of the bushing. I like them.
>
>Ron N

I place the brass cauls on the glue pot for warming prior to installing.


Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
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