hammer tails & key bushings

Horace Greeley hgreeley@leland.Stanford.EDU
Mon Jun 30 19:07 MDT 1997


Don & Dave,

Just wanted to add that Bill Spurlock has a method for doing leather
bushings which he describes much better than I do - so I'll let him.  (It
may have been in a Journal article.)  Basically, use of judicious
stripping, and thinning with a drill press mounted drum sander produces
highly consistent results.

Others seem to have different experience, but I like the longevity and
stability of leather.

Best.

Horace



At 05:51 PM 6/30/97 -0400, you wrote:
>At 10:25 AM 6/16/97 -0400, you wrote:
>>List,
>>
>>On to another subject. I have started rebushing keys with leather. This a 
>>first for me so we will see how it goes. My first trials will be on 
>>practice room grands. Anybody care to comment on what I can expect? Ken 
>>Walkup has had success with leather bushing at Cornell.
>>
>>Don McKechnie
>>Ithaca College
>>dmckech@ithaca.edu
>
>
>Don - 
>
>Ken  is not listed in the directory of CAUTechnicians, but neither am I.
>Can you ask him about the materials he uses.  Come to think of it, what are
>YOU using, and what, if anything are you doing differently from cloth?
>-----------------------------------------
>David Skolnik
>Manhattan School Of Music
>dskolnik@msmnyc.edu
>212-749-2802 Ext. 455
>
>
>
Horace Greeley

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