<br><br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 3, 2008 11:43 AM, Ron Nossaman <<a href="mailto:rnossaman@cox.net">rnossaman@cox.net</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div class="Ih2E3d"><br><br>>> What?  Bill was the first with a logical key re-bushing system...way<br>>> before Bushmaster...he and Fern did conventions for years...<br>><br>> OK ,Then I say the Bushmaster long before Spurlock's. <br><br></div>I used something that worked exactly like the Bushmaster over<br>30 years ago, and it was old then. I don't know who made it,<br>or what it was called.<br>Ron N<br></blockquote></div> <div><br>I've used Bill's system, the single caul method for several years now and like it very much. I've heard positive and negative about the brass cauls some like to use an iron on a cool setting on the brass cauls to "set" the sizing, which makes some sense and isn't possible with Bill's cauls. If I find that to be necessary, I use a pencil type soldering iron, a 25 watt type, with the soldering tip removed and a short piece of brazing rod in it's place. On the negative side I've seen posts about having to remove glue from the brass cauls, never a problem with Bill's cauls. Also a  negative for the brass cauls/Bushmaster for me at least would be the cost, they cost about twice as much and suggest the necessity of the tool which is expensive. Bill's cauls are easy to handle and measuring the amount of cloth by eye is a short learning curve.  <br clear="all"></div> <div>Mike<br>-- <br>The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.<br>Michael Magness<br>Magness Piano Service<br>608-786-4404<br><a href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com</a><br>email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com"> mike@ifixpianos.com</a> </div>