<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Ecsaine as key bushing material</title></head><body> <div><font face="Arial" size="-4" color="#000000">Why not?</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="-4" color="#000000"><br> I have a piano action from a restaurant which takes a beating.<br> Ecsaine might be more durable than cloth.<br> <br> I have both .055 and .075 Ecsaine. The .075 is a little stiff to bend<br> at the shoulder but the .055 seems suitable to bend.<br> <br> I steamed out the old bushings and used Spurlock's sizing cauls.<br> <br> A preliminary test shows that the .075 looks good for the balance rail<br> but just snug on the front, .055 is too loose on the front rail.  I wonder if<br> this stuff responds well to a key bushing iron. Any comparisons on how<br> humidity affects cloth v. Ecsaine?<br> <br> This seasonal restaurant is harbor-side, windows open to all sorts of damp air.<br> Sunny one day, fog the next; or even in the same day.  Heck, in '91, hurricane</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="-4" color="#000000">Bob had the waterline 2 feet above their recently purchased S&S O.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="-4" color="#000000">I sold them another one, ex-XR.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="-4" color="#000000"><br> This is the first overhaul since then.<br> --</font></div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><br> Regards,<br> <br> Jon Page</div> </body> </html>