<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><P>You can do the same thing with a cheap drill bit gague. The holes are already drilled for you.</P> <P>The accuracy of the gague does not matter for this. Just find a hole where the cloth is a tight fit. Run the cloth through that hole several times.</P> <P>Then check the fit through the flange.</P> <P> </P> <P>Jerry Cohen, RPT</P> <P>NJ Chapter</P> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"><BR><BR> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: Scott Jackson <ScottWayneJackson@hotmail.com><BR>To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 8:27:08 PM<BR>Subject: RE: Renner bushing cloth calibration tool?<BR><BR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><SPAN class=921291400-16062008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Shawn,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=921291400-16062008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Your wifes description is perfect. It doesn't help the pin fit the felt; it helps the cloth fit the hole in the flange. To make it yourself, you need a scrap of steel, brass or aluminium, and a set of drill bits. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=921291400-16062008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=921291400-16062008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Why the high price? Well, maybe they are high precision holes, and it does have a handle!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=921291400-16062008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=921291400-16062008><FONT color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=921291400-16062008> </SPAN>tool?  From my Wife's description of the picture in the Renner catalog, she tells me that it has 3 holes in it and is mounted in a handle.  This don't tell me much...  I'm just wondering about how the tool works.  Does it cut down on the need to ream?  It seems a little high in price if it don't.  Or maybe I just don't understand anything about the product...  </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>