<html> Dado a slot through the bottom and make inserts. Or cut them out of an old set of keys or say a set of Yamaha Ivorite replacements. Jon Page At 06:58 AM 6/18/99 -0500, you wrote: >List; > >A local colleague presented an interesting problem at our meeting this >week. He is working on an older Sauter vertical ( I do not know age or >model at this time. Perhaps 15 - 25 years old ) and the task is to bush the >keys. The problem is that the original key bushings were made of cork (yes >cork ) disks inserted in round mortices at both the front and balance >rails. Imagine a hole about the size if a dime in the key button. The cork >has now deteriorated and is in fact gone from most of the keys. >Has anyone seen such an arrrangement and / or replaced said bushings? Some >suggestions at the meeting were leather or dense felt to replace them. Many >thanks. > >David > >David C. Brown RPT >Staff Piano Technician >School of Music >The University of Texas at Austin ><a href="mailto:dcbrown@mail.utexas.edu" eudora="autourl">mailto:dcbrown@mail.utexas.edu</a> > </html>