Subject: Re: damper guide rail bushings > 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 I learned it from Paul Revenko Jones. Paul C
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