Matthew: A small seamstress' steam iron is perfect for controlling the amount of steam one needs to remove bushing felt. You do not need a damp rag. Just apply the steam directly to the bushings for a calculated period of time to loosen the glue joint (one hopes hide glue), pluck out the loose bushings with a tweezer, and insert Spurlock's sizing cauls overnight to allow the wood to return to the dimension you want to work with in replacing the felt, however you might do it. The steam, properly controlled, and moved along in a business like fashion, will not (should not) affect the keytops. Actually, the hot dry iron and damp rag procedure is exactly what we use to remove ivory when doing keytop replacement. Paul "If you want to know the truth, stop having opinions" (Chinese fortune cookie) In a message dated 04/14/07 17:11:53 Central Daylight Time, toddpianoworks at yahoo.com writes: What is the best way to remove front rail bushings if I'm not replacing keytops. The reason I ask this is because the way I was taught to remove the bushings was with a hot iron and damp rag. Well, that'll work fine if I'm replacing keytops at the same time since the steam will work the tops loose. But I want to remove front rail bushings only, and I want to find out something that will work better. Thank you! Matthew Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check out new cars at Yahoo! Autos. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070414/1dffd019/attachment.html
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