Balance Rail Bushings

[Barbara Richmond]

Hi Jon,

I've done a variation of this a number of times--thinner veneer, glued in 
separately with titebond, then proceeded with normal bushing procedure. 
I've also marked keys (especially when following a rebushing job of dubious 
quality) that could use some veneer at the front or balance mortises when 
the sizing cauls felt "loose" either when inserting the cauls or removing 
them.  Some have only needed veneer on one side...just depends.  Anyway, 
I've had good luck with shimming mortises.

Barbara Richmond
near Peoria, Illinois



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Page" <jonpage at comcast.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 7:42 PM
Subject: Balance Rail Bushings


>I recently replaced a fairly new set of bushings which had too much play
> with .060" cloth but that turned out in the end to be a tad too loose too.
>
> Rather than rebush with .070" cloth which has diminished longevity I 
> decided
> to use .040" cloth and .030" veneer. Glued the cloth to the veneer(w/ 
> PVC-E)
> and installed the inserts (w/ Bolduc glue) with cauls
> (No hot glue ready at the moment)
>
> The trial bushing is nice and firm now.  When replacing the buttons
> is not an option, this seems to be a better course than extra-thick cloth.
> -- 
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon Page