Easing key bushings, dirty but effective

[John Ross]

$30 to take of the key, and ease it?
I hope it was a grand, otherwise, I would consider the charge, too much.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dean May" <deanmay@pianorebuilders.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 10:51 AM
Subject: RE: Easing key bushings, dirty but effective


> I just did the screwdriver trick on a PSO in a church basement yesterday.
It
> was an upper treble note where nobody plays. Now the church didn't know
the
> key was binding (at least nobody complained), they wouldn't have wanted to
> pay me $30 to disassemble the thing to fix it right and I was able to get
it
> functioning with the screwdriver trick in a matter of seconds at a no
> charge. I don't consider it to be "slocky" in such a setting. I am doing
the
> customer a big favor, keeping their little PSO functioning for Sunday
school
> at minimal cost.
>
> Dean
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On
Behalf
> Of Richard Moody
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 11:06 PM
> To: 'Pianotech'
> Subject: Easing key bushings, dirty but effective
>
> What is the right tool? And when you consider what that tool does, what
> is wrong with the screwdriver jammed between the keys unless you go so
> far as to bend the key pin. OK it has to be done by someone who knows
> what key bushings are all about.   Key bushing easing pliers are
> monsters in the wrong hands as far as creating sideways play.  If
> forcing the key against the pin back and forth  alleviates the situation
> what is wrong with that.  The path of least stress so to speak.
> ===ric
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> > [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Joseph Garrett
> > Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 7:14 PM
> > To: pianotech@ptg.org
> > Subject: Re: Yamaha Console, Sharps checking on trill with sustain
> >
> >
> > Dean May said: "And yes, jamming a screwdriver between keys
> > while holding them down = (this makes the bushing fully
> > engage the pin where the binding occurs) = and twisting back
> > and forth is a quick and dirty method of easing front = rail
> > bushing. Just don't tell anyone. ;-)"
> >
> > Captain of the Tool Police here. TSK TSK! Dean! I hope to god
> > you don't do that!???? Let's all use the right tool, (and
> > technique), for the appropriate job. Sheesh! IMO,
> > perpetuating that sort of slocky work, (or even talking about
> > it), makes my skin crawl!
> >
> > Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
> > Captain, Tool Police
> > Squares Are I
> >
> >
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