List, I took on one of those jobs that I didn't really want, to re-pin the butt flanges on an old upright action. While most bushings presented no problem, a few pushed out while removing the old pins. I've never re-bushed flanges before, so out with the Reblitz and Schaff catalog. Got my supplies, and following Reblitz's directions, I could not get the cloth to meet in the hole. Once, twice, three, four or more times I could not get this bushing cloth to lay in the hole gapless. So I got to measuring and calculating and here's what I came up with. Flange Bushing drill = 7/64ths diameter. This calculates out to a hole that would be 11/32nds in circumference. Flange Bushing cloth advertised as 17/64th's. That's 5/64th's less than needed already. The actual cloth I got out of a dozen strips was 8 strips of 7/32nds and 4 strips was 1/4 inch wide. Now, am I missing something here? Am I using the wrong size drill to ream the old bushings out? Is there a suitable alternative to "flange bushing cloth", other than buying a whole yard of it and cutting myself. It would take me forever to use a yard of the stuff, not to mention the price it fairly steep just to have some on hand when the need arises. Thanks for your help. Benny L. Tucker Precision Piano Tuning & Repair Thomaston, Ga.
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