<!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 6.00.2719.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" text=#000000 = bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Very interesting. In the shop today as = an experiment, I made a bushing from a 1/2" dowel to see how it would fit. = Even with the edge beveled, it was too big. On a couple of attempts, the edge = of the plate hole sheared off some of the bushing. Of this company's two = largest sizes, 12 and 13 mm, it would appear that 13mm would be too big for the Kimball = plate, since 1/2" is 12.7mm. Schaff's largest bushing is 7/16" which would be = just a hair over 11mm. So it seems to me that 12mm would be the best fit for = the Kimball.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Before I try to get bushings from = Australia, would anyone disagree with my conclusion?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave Bunch</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> Saturday, August 30, 2003 = 6:31 PM</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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>