damper guide rail bushings

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Wed May 2 07:07:59 MDT 2007


> Paul, perhaps you missed Ron Nossaman's post describing his method - 
> which IMHO is the slickest of all. He shellacs the wooden guide rail, 
> lets it dry, inserts the cloth bushings, then wets the bushings with a 
> 50/50 alcohol/water mix and inserts a #7 (or whatever appropriate size) 
> bridge pin to size the bushing. The alcohol in the sizing mixture 
> dissolves the little bit of shellac in the bushing hole and bonds the 
> bushing in place.
> 
> The 'ole two birds with one stone approach. I like it.
> 
> Terry Farrell


And I stole the idea from someone else who posted it to the 
pianotech list some years back. Whoever thought this one up 
originally, thanks. It works quite well.
Ron N


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