Mason & Hamlin said that one purpose of the bushings was to center the drill bit in the plate's hole, so that would be one downside. --Cy-- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 2:54 PM Subject: Re: Xylol for tuning pin bushings > Or, if you want to use bushings, why not just cut a bunch of appropriate > diameter plugs to length (hey, maybe even cut them out of Delignit), ream > plate if needed, tap bushings in (maybe a drop of glue on the bottom?) and > drill them out with the same motion when drilling the pinblock. I've not > ever done it that way, but I've wondered about it. Any thoughts? > > Terry Farrell
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