<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> David -<br> <br> That's what I was doing until recently, but the last couple I just "recapped" the guide rails, as I saw being done out at Oberlin a few years ago. New cap material is available at my local Lowes in the form of 1/8" maple strips in 2' & 4' lengths a little wider than necessary. Bandsaw off the old tops and glue the new blanks on, saw to correct width, scribe a line back 1/4" from the front edge. Clamp in place in the piano and punch centers on the scribed line between the string unisons, drill to match your chosen cloth (I use 3/16" holes) & countersink the top and bottom of the holes. Countersinking both ends means no gluing is necessary, making future rebushing a snap. Sizing liquid can be alcohol, profelt or liquid teflon.<br> <br> This method does require <i>much </i>more damper wire-bending than when rebushing the old rails, but it also allows for correcting problems with the original hole spacing and location relative to the underlevers below. Also, since Steinway is selling new damper heads with felt and wires attached (for less than I can strip, clean & refelt the old heads), I find it easier to start from scratch with the wire bending anyway.<br> <br> Happy damping, <br> <br> - Mark<br> <br> <br> <br> On 2:59 PM, David Love wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:%3C004101ccda5b$39ceb930$ad6c2b90$@net%3E" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"> <style></style> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I use the thick English bushing cloth (1.8mm) that I get from Pianotek in bulk.  I size the holes with the appropriate bridge pin and alcohol after sanding and the coating the guide rail with shellac (I use rattle can shellac).  No glue necessary and trying to do two layers of cloth isn’t either.  I keep the 1.8 mm cloth in stock and cut to the appropriate width.  If the guide rail holes are too small then drill the old bushings out with the drill bit that gives you the correct diameter.   Removing them that way is a lot faster and easier as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">David Love<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.davidlovepianos.com">www.davidlovepianos.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <div> <div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jurgen Goering<br> <b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 23, 2012 6:56 PM<br> <b>To:</b> pianotech<br> <b>Subject:</b> [pianotech] Steinway two layer guide rail bushings<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal">Dear List:<o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal">What is the consensus on re-bushing Steinway two layer guide rail bushings?  Could one thick cloth be used?  Are two layers really better in some way than one?  If so, why does only S&S do this?  Glue / no glue?  (Or shellac the rails and size the bushings with water/alcohol as I have read here before?)<o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal">A colleague has these bushings to do, he says the holes are 3/16" or about 4.8 mm.  With damper wires in the range of 1.8 mm, is there even room for 2 layers?<o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for any enlightenment.... or simply light you can shed o this.<o:p></o:p></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Jurgen Goering<br> Piano Forte  <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.pianofortesupply.com">www.pianofortesupply.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br> <br> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> </blockquote> <br> </body> </html>