<!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 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, I meant center pin bushings. (my = response was to Terry Farrell concerning hammer shank flanges) I didn't saw that Ryan = Sawers was talking about key bushings.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Btw, I just restored a piano-forte from = 1844 (a Boisselot from Marseilles one like possessed F. List) and this piano had = keys with a smal sawcut lenghtwise  with a screw to tighten up the key = bushing. Many of the keys were bent on the front side, I suppose due to this saw cut?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pierre Gevaert</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=cmpiano@comcast.net = href="mailto:cmpiano@comcast.net">Carl Meyer</A> </DIV> <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> Thursday, August 26, 2004 = 7:02 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Adjustable key bushings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I believe you meant center pin = bushings, not key bushings, didn't you?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carl Meyer Ptg assoc<BR>Santa Clara, Ca.</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=pierre.gevaert@belgacom.net href="mailto:pierre.gevaert@belgacom.net">Gevaert Pierre</A> = </DIV> <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> Thursday, August 26, = 2004 9:40 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Adjustable key bushings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Erard used this system on their = brass hammernuts I think from the second half of the 19th century on. It = works well but is sometimes hard to regulate.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Maybe it was to expensive to produce?</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>P Gevaert</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=pianorye@yahoo.com = href="mailto:pianorye@yahoo.com">Ryan Sowers</A> </DIV> <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> Wednesday, August 25, = 2004 9:39 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Adjustable key bushings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>On a similar note:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I once saw an old piano in Del's shop that had screw = adjustable key bushings. It appeared to work beautifully! Anybody else seen this?<BR><BR><B><I>Richard Brekne <<A = href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no</= A>></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff = 2px solid">Farrell wrote:<BR><BR>>Or step back into the old box. I don't recall = ever hearing a good<BR>>explanation of why the screw-adjustable felt-bushed hammer shank flange is<BR>>not popular. Anyone = got a take on that? I'm talking about the kind you<BR>>commonly find on = large American square grands. I know David Stanwood = also<BR>>experimented with them in his early action-metrology = years.<BR>><BR>>Seems to me like such a perfect solution.<BR>><BR>>Terry Farrell<BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>Out of the box, into the = frying pan... now all we need is the fire.... <BR>:) Actually... a good = point... I'd love to hear comments on this = too.<BR><BR>Cheers<BR>RicB<BR><BR><BR>___________________________________= ____________<BR>pianotech list info: = https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Rya= n Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter<BR>Pianova Piano = Service<BR>Olympia, WA <P>__________________________________________________<BR>Do You Yahoo!?<BR>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection = around <BR>http://mail.yahoo.com </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>