[pianotech] Key Bushing Job

[Ryan Sowers]

*Sometimes it works so well you have to ease the keys a little afterward!*

On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 6:59 AM, Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu
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> Good one, Ryan,
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> I forgot that one that Steve taught me too many years ago to admit!
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> Paul
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>  *Ryan Sowers <tunerryan at gmail.com>*
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> From: "Steven Hopp" <*hoppsmusic at hotmail.com* <hoppsmusic at hotmail.com>>
> To: *pianotech at ptg.org* <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 3, 2009 11:46:05 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
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> Hello,
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> Just left a customers piano that would benefit from new key bushings.
> However, on the way to lunch I thought the ones i looked at did not appear
> to be overly worn yet they are loose and make some side to side noise.  My
> question is:  is there anyway to swell the bushing and use an appropriate
> sized caul instead of completely rebushing the entire set?  Just wondering
> out loud so please don't beat me up. :)
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> Also the front rail bushings have black lines where the key rides on the
> pin.  What is the black stuff?
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> Thanks,
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> Steven J. Hopp
> PianoWorks Studio
> Midland TX.
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> I've had some success with 50/50 water/denatured alcohol with a tiny bit of
> Ballistol in it. This was on a fairly new piano so the felt was in pretty
> good shape. I use the double shoulder cauls from Bill Spurlock. It allows
> you to give a tap with a hammer and compress the wood while compressing the
> felt into the mortise at the same time. I'm not sure that anything special
> is in the Profelt.
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> Steve Brady also taught me a trick: If the felt is in pretty good shape you
> can stick a single voicing needle in the felt right where the mark from the
> pin is. This can actually snug things up quite well and it seems to last
> quite a while.
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> --
> Ryan Sowers, RPT
> Puget Sound Chapter
> Olympia, WA*
> **www.pianova.net* <http://www.pianova.net/>
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Ryan Sowers, RPT
Puget Sound Chapter
Olympia, WA
www.pianova.net
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