It's been a long time since I've repinned teflon bushings (click! click!) -- and lo and behold the straight reamers which I bought maybe 25 years ago have disappeared from my toolkit. The reamers which Pianotech sells are $20 apiece (or a set of 8 for $140). Yikes! Can one find these through other (non piano) suppliers at a better rate? Would reaming with drill bits of the same diameter yield acceptable results? I assume using the Mannino reamers would be a very major faux pas? Patrick Draine
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