[pianotech] source for unussual tuning pin bushings

[Don Mannino]

Rob,

I don't have one with me at home to measure, but that sounds like the
ones we have at Kawai America.

Check with one of us at the office during the week.

Don Mannino

On Sat, 2009-12-05 at 22:53 -0800, Rob & Helen Goodale wrote:
> I'm wondering if anyone is aware of a source for some unusual size
> tuning pin bushings.  These have an extra small hole in them, about
> the diameter of a hammer shank.  In fact a hammer shank will
> fit perfectly snug in the hole.  Most bushings have a 1/4" hole.  I'm
> really not certain what piano would have pins small enough for these.
> I don't want them for a piano, I'm using them for organ pallet valve
> push rod stops and these are absolutely perfect for this application.
> I have a very limited supply of them and would like to find more as
> well as share some with another colleague who also does this kind of
> work.  I don't know where the ones I have came from, they were in a
> box of miscellaneous piano parts purchased many years ago by someone
> else.
>  
> Rob Goodale, RPT
> Las Vegas, NV