<html> <body> I don't know, Ken. It sure looks like one of those "bush whacker" jobs to me. That's what a friend of mine used to call that tool. :-) Avery At 02:55 PM 5/8/2006, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I’m just running into all sorts of odd stuff here lately. We have two S&S 45s from 1953 here that need a lot of work.  My first  step was going to be to replace the key bushings, but when I opened  the piano up and looked at the keys, I found the bushings were set  below the surface of the key button, and the wood was deformed right  next to the bushing, as if the bushing had been installed in the  usual manner, and then punched down almost 1/16”.  I have attached a  picture, but it doesn’t  have the detail I would have liked.  All the  key buttons are like this, and all the front bushings as well, so I  suspect it is factory original.  It really doesn’t look like the  results from one of those “key bushing tightener” jobs. I have only worked on a couple of SS45s; has anyone seen this  before?  My main concern is that when I try to remove the bushings  I’ll take a big chunk of the wood, the part that was punched down,  along with it.  I wonder if I ought to just plan on replacing the  buttons.  What do y’all think? Thanks, Ken Z. -- Ken Zahringer, RPT Piano Technician MU School of Music 297 Fine Arts 882-1202 cell 489-7529 Photo: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/nf7ve" eudora="autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/nf7ve</a> Direct ptg.org URL: <a href="http://ptg.org/pipermail/files/attachments/20060508/10138587/" eudora="autourl"> http://ptg.org/pipermail/files/attachments/20060508/10138587/</a> attachment-0001.obj</blockquote></body> </html>