<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3243" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <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></BODY></HTML>