Key bushing question

[Michelle L Stranges]

Michelle Strange... HA!!!  Susan Kline knows me!!!   HehehehehhhhhAA!
:) Michelle StrangeS ( strange-is as strange does)--On Wed, Jul 3, 2002
10:06 AM -0700 "Susan Kline" <sckline@attbi.com> wrote: 

> 
>>Susan Kline mentioned "Flitz" to polish.  I have found it to be inferior, 
>>contrary to popular feelings about it.  I use a product called 
>>"AutoSol".  It leaves no residue.
>>
>>But then again:  to each his own.
>>
>>Tim Coates
>>Wapin Co., LLP
> 
> Actually, it was Michelle Strange who mentioned Flitz, though I sometimes 
> have used it. I don't usually use any cleaning product on front rail pins 
> unless they feel gummy, which is pretty rare (maybe because no one has 
> laced the cloth with lubricants?) If they don't seem too bad, I just spray

> them with McLube.
> 
> I've used Renner bushing cloth to rebush keys for a long time now, but I 
> was unaware of it having any lubricant incorporated.
> 
> I think, Tim, that your suspicions about Prolube, or anything soaked into 
> the cloth, are worthy of investigation.
> 
> I don't think I've ever rebushed keys of Steinways of this vintage in 
> institutional use. I wonder how Thomas's Steinways would have done if 
> bushed in leather? By the way, I've heard that kangaroo leather is good
for 
> keybushing, but I've never used any. Does anyone have a source? At some 
> point I'll probably start rebushing a few heavily used grands at Linfield 
> College, and it would be nice to have some leather ready.
> 
> Susan