<WBR>Terry<br> <br> You gave me the choice of a cheap spinet and a concert instrument. There are lots of pianos in between. For those that, as you described it, will never see the light of day, I do it all the time. And, yes, in a pinch, I've done a "good" piano that way. But in general, I would recommend a bushing job. The thing is, it's usually only the "light of day" piano that have this kind of problem in the first place. <br> <br> Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br> Piano Tuner/Technician<br> Honolulu, HI<br> Author of <br> The Business of Piano Tuning<br> available from Potter Press<br> www.pianotuning.com<br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com><br> To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 9:30 am<br> Subject: Re: replacing key bushings<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_1a6dbee4-41be-4540-9867-4dc2f87ee566> <div><FONT face=Arial>So for instance, you'd recommend a CA key bushing repair for a 20 year old Yamaha U3 in somone's home?</FONT></div> <div><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </div> <div><FONT face=Arial>I've serviced some very large, very high quality, very concert-worthy pianos in homes where I think it would be quite improper to conduct such a repair. I don't think the venue should be the determining factor for the appropriateness of gluing a key bushing in with CA, but rather the instrument. I think it would be highly inappropriate for someone to do such a repair to any high quality (or even good quality) piano in any home. I think CA can appropriately be used on key bushing repair on piano that are clearly very unlikely to ever see a new set of key bushings - and even then, only maybe on a piano that is gasping for its last breath.</FONT></div> <div><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </div> <div><FONT face=Arial>As I indicated previously, Bill Spurlock sells a on-site key bushing repair kit. CA is great stuff, and I use it a lot. But it is not for everything.</FONT></div> <div><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </div> <div><FONT face=Arial>Keep in mind also that many of the lurkers on this list have far less experience than yourself - hey, even less than me!</FONT></div> <div><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </div> <div><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></div> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black">As I said, for "in home" repair. <br> <br> </div> <div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> <FONT face=Arial>Oh Wim, please tell us you only do that method repair on 1948 beat up Gulbranson spinets. You wouldn't do that on a nice concert instrument - right??????????????</FONT></div> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_30761c36-143a-46d6-af36-3220879b7a0f> <div><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </div> <div><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></div> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div>For in home repairs likes this, if the old busing is there, I've use CA glue, and just put them back in place, holding on to the bushing with a screw driver. <br> </div> <div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT</div> </BLOCKQUOTE></div> </BLOCKQUOTE></div> <div class="AOLPromoFooter"> <hr style="margin-top:10px;" /> More new features than ever. Check out the new <a href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003" target="_blank">AOL Mail</a>!<br/> </div>