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<DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2>Bill says to use a 10% alcohol =
solution in the
RPT test technical manual and pure methanol in the field because of =
it's
drying time. He also says he is just starting to use the Mannino reamers =
in the
shop so maybe he has since changed his mind on using alcohol to =
</FONT><FONT
face=Georgia size=2>size the bushing to the pin. Dale Erwin told me =
"alcohol
sizing changes the chemical composition of the felt." He is not a =
chemist so
pushing him for a more technical explanation was useless. It was just a =
fact he
was passing on to me. Renner cloth is presized so using alcohol on it =
would
probably screw it up. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2>With regular bushing cloth alcohol =
sizing will
crush the felt making it denser without removing cloth. On the old =
uprights the
hole is too big for the Renner cloth I have tried so I pull a really =
tight cloth
to get as much cloth in the hole and size them with an alcohol =
solution.
Some reaming and burnishing may still be necessary and if it is I guess =
you know
you got enough cloth in the hole.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2>Kpiano</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=terry@farrellpiano.com =
href="mailto:terry@farrellpiano.com">Terry</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 28, 2005 =
3:39
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Flange =
Rebushing</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, I think I just answered my own =
question. I
found a real nice rebushing procedure by Bill Spurlock on the =
RennerUSA web
site: <A
=
href="http://www.rennerusa.com/PDF/flange_bushing.pdf">http://www.renne=
rusa.com/PDF/flange_bushing.pdf</A></FONT></DIV>
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