<!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 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" text=#000000 = bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think you will find that Parkes are = quoting the hight of the bushing, not the dia. They will be supplied from Schaff.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kerry Cooper</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Australia</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=dm.porritt@verizon.net = href="mailto:dm.porritt@verizon.net">David M. Porritt</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 31, 2003 = 9:31 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Tuning pin = bushings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I was just looking at the parts at Parke Piano Strings & = Materials, and they have 13mm tuning pin bushings ready made.  There was = quite a discussion on how to make these from pinblock material and it sounded = long and tedious.  Of course this company is in Australia but I'm sure = they'd be willing to ship them for a price.  Check it out at:</DIV> <DIV><A = href="http://www.parkepianostrings.com.au/prd.php?cat=6">http://www.p= arkepianostrings.com.au/prd.php?cat=6</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>dave</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV><PRE>_____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________</PRE><PRE><BR>---<BR>Outgoing mail is = certified Virus Free.<BR>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (<A = href="http://www.grisoft.com">http://www.grisoft.com</A>).<BR>Version: = 6.0.514 / Virus Database: 312 - Release Date: = 28/08/2003</PRE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>