<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div>The routing sounds scary to me. I&#39;d get that area really wet ( if key buttons are there, tack them in place with a  staple gun with a brad nailer tip, first) and then try to squeeze in whatever Spurlock mortise sizing caul is needed to give you clearance for some bushing cloth. If some buttons split, they are easily glueable. And if that doesn&#39;t work, I&#39;d try using a bushing ironing tip in a soldering iron to try to enlarge the holes. My feeling is that these methods would do the job most uniformly, side-to-side.<br /><br />Thumpe</div></td></tr></table>            <div id="_origMsg_">
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                            David Skolnik &lt;davidskolnik@optonline.net&gt;;                            <br>
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                            Re: [pianotech] No Key Bushings? What a Square!                            <br>
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                                        <td valign="top" style="font:inherit;">Patrick -<BR>Just curious.&nbsp; Can you measure the amount of total sideplay?&nbsp; Should be easy enough if you have a digital caliper.&nbsp; It's not clear from your description whether keys had bushings at some point or if the wood mortise that was originally precise has worn.&nbsp; I remember working with on old Erard action for which I had to use some extremely thin leather that was available through player piano supply. thought I can't remember whether that was for the keys or the repetitions.&nbsp; Just a thought<BR><BR>David Skolnik<BR>Hastings on Hudson, NY<BR><BR><BR><BR>At 01:58 PM 5/25/2012, you wrote:<BR>&gt; So the square piano I am working on has no key bushings - this is certainly a first for me. Of course there is too much sideplay in the keys and therefore bushings seem necessary. Has anyone had to do this procedure? How difficult would it be to rout out the
 keys for bushings? The key pins are .137 in diameter, so what size routing bit would be needed?<BR>&gt; Thanks,<BR>&gt; Patrick C. Poulson<BR>&gt; Registered Piano Technician<BR>&gt; 530-265-1983<BR><BR><BR></td>
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