Or what about trying to duplicate Yamaha's approach to tuning pin bushings? Even if it required sizing the plate holes to mate optimally with a dowel or plug. Roger Jolly explained the Yamaha method to me one time, and I'm sure he did it well, but I still don't quite understand exactly what they do that seems to result in the bushing being part of the pinblock and/or plate. What about cutting plugs of Delignit, getting a real tight fit in the plate hole, maybe even a drop of epoxy on the base of the plug to bond to the block, and drilling the whole shabang in the piano in an effort to get a system that is more like an open-faced pinblock that your standard squishy/deformation-type tuning pin bushing? Or is this just one more inefficient overkill idea? Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 11:48 PM Subject: Re: Big Bushings > > >Is there a supplier out ther that carries plate bushings with an outside > >diameter of greater than 7/16"? > > > >This size, which is the largest in Schaff's catalog, just floats in the > >plate holes of my current rebuild and then breaks if a pin is driven > >through it. > > > >Suppose I could pin without them but would rather not. > > > >Dave Bunch > > Hi Dave, > Yup, that's a Kimball all right. I've cut them from 1/2" dowels on the > table saw and center punched and drilled them after installation, but it > isn't all that entertaining for very long. To my knowledge, nothing that > fits is commercially available unless maybe TF Supply suddenly finds a set > in stock. > > Ron N > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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