<!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 6.00.2900.3354" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi Jack - do you wish to borrow a set of cauls? I've got most of Bill's caul sets - mortise sizing and other. What size are you looking for - what size are your pins? I think I've done a Chickering before, so I might have the cauls.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I'd wonder if maple would be a good choice for caul making. When I put my mortise sizing cauls in, the key wood is usually a little wet - I'd be concerned that the maple would swell and who knows what size the mortise would end up. But that's just my guess.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>If I can help, let me know.</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"><B>From:</B> <A title=jackhouweling@dccnet.com href="mailto:jackhouweling@dccnet.com">Jack Houweling</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 15, 2008 12:29 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Key Bushing</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello everyone,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am rebushing a set of keys for a Chickering grand and the balance pin holes are an odd size and do not fit any of my Spurlock cauls.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What do you do in this situation? Do you special order cauls or can you make them yourself?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I quickly made a set of mortise sizing cauls out of maple and so far they have worked good. I now have to make the key bushing cauls I and II. I will be using maple again because it is all I have and I find it easy to work with. </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>I hope this is a good way to do this or if anyone has any other suggestions please let me know.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jack Houweling</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>