steam and heat, was RE: amazing, but true

[Mary Smith]

Hi Fred,

I like your idea about fluffing and ironing wippen heel cloth, which 
I was just contemplating on a Baldwin recondition.

>Especially on Steinways, with the tiny jack tail "nub" (is there a 
>correct term for this?),

I believe the term is jack "tender." Is that like a chicken tender? I 
agree that  uneven wear on let-off punchings is annoying, but have 
found just replacing them to be pretty quick and painless. You can 
slice them off with everything in place and reglue with white or PVA 
glue without even removing the top action from the keys (if you're 
careful).

Also liked the method you've outlined for steaming key bushings. I 
would imagine that a just little bit of steam does the trick - too 
much could be a bad thing! The Pianotek sizing cauls are quite 
accurate, and I like to use them to finesse the easing of a rebushing 
job as well.

Mary
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