No, your cloth is too thin...go up to the next size...try for a snugger fit... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Ryan Sowers" <tunerryan at gmail.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 4/2/2010 4:01:55 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] FW: re: Rebushing keys, was ...VS Profelt >I would answer by saying "just enough". When I say snug I mean "not loose". >If you let a balance rail bushing dry with a standard .146 caul it will come >out too loose. >Yamaha specifies .008" for the balance rail. That's not a lot. >On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 3:32 PM, David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>wrote: >> What’s too loose? A “snug” balance rail bushing may not cause a sticking >> key but it sure can cause a lot of excess friction. >> >> >> >> David Love >> >> www.davidlovepianos.com >> >> >> >> >> On Apr 2, 2010, at 1:38 PM, Ryan Sowers <tunerryan at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> The other thing about keybushing that I don't here discussed much is how to >> make the balance rail snug enough. If you leave regular cauls in until they >> are completely dry they will be way too loose for my taste. I actually >> ordered a set of cauls from BiIl that are not oversized (the regular cauls >> are .148"). Even so, I remove the cauls after about 15 minutes so they can >> swell slightly. Otherwise they are too loose. A snug balance rail bushing >> rarely causes a sticky key, and it will correct a lot of key squaring issues >> making key leveling easier an quicker. >> >> >> >-- >Ryan Sowers, RPT >Puget Sound Chapter >Olympia, WA >www.pianova.net
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