balance rail bushing removal - reinsertion

[Isaac OLEG]

Don't forget to check for a good clearance in the sides of the button
BEFORE beginning to glue. if not clean, a little file or even a
screwdriver, to "ream" the aperture so no time is lost while gluing.

Isaac OLEG

Entretien et reparation de pianos.

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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]De la part de
> Isaac OLEG
> Envoye : mercredi 21 mai 2003 11:19
> A : College and University Technicians
> Objet : RE: balance rail bushing removal
>
>
> Use the (awful) kettle from Renner's and steam 5 keys at once. The
> advantage being less moisture in the key (less warping) , and a good
> closing of the balance hole.
>
> The bushings are really loosened with this process, even if
> glued with
> vinyl glue or such.
> A good regulation of the heat is necessary to avoid too
> much steam and
> water.
>
> No better solution at this day - takes 15/20 min to unglue a set.
>
> Sizing cauls immediately to be quiet.
>
> See the pic on next mail !
>
> I don't like the stain leaved by wall paper remover, using
> a damp rag
> and a hot iron works very well too, but one may use some kind of
> fixture to hold pressed all the keys together so they don't warp,
> particularely on harder wood keys.
>
> Eurocents ideas
>
> Isaac OLEG
>
> Entretien et reparation de pianos.
>
> PianoTech
> 17 rue de Choisy
> 94400 VITRY sur SEINE
> FRANCE
> tel : 033 01 47 18 06 98
> fax : 033 01 47 18 06 90
> cell: 06 60 42 58 77
>
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De : caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]De
> la part de
> > Fred Sturm
> > Envoye : mercredi 21 mai 2003 00:28
> > A : College and University Technicians
> > Objet : balance rail bushing removal
> >
> >
> > 	It being bulk keybushing time, while steaming out a
> > set of bushings I
> > called to mind a question posted a few months back, I think
> > by Wim. The
> > question referred to removal of those balance rail bushing
> > that have the
> > fold of felt that goes under the button. Here's how I do it.
> > 	After a good pre-soak with wall-paper/acetic solution
> > (maybe two
> > applications to ensure it wicks all the way through to the
> > edges - look and
> > see that it does), and a good steaming (so the felt is
> > already pulling away
> > from the sides), grasp the felt with a tweezer and push
> > down into the
> > mortise, then lift upward. The downward motion almost
> > always will serve to
> > pull the felt out of the slot between button and key. With
> > practice this
> > becomes a single, fluid motion. Much of the time. it can
> > even be possible
> > to grasp both sides at once and push/pull them out.
> > 	If this is unsuccessful for a few keys (numbers 1 and
> > 88 are common
> > culprits due to extra wide buttons, but sometimes there are
> > a few other
> > troublesome ones), push the felt in from the outside of the
> > slot, using a
> > thin slotted screwdriver. If you have your keys in clamps,
> > a tool for the
> > purpose can be made from scrap music wire (broken bass
> > string) by making a
> > tiny 90 degree bend in the end of the wire. That little
> bend can be
> > insinuated between keys and worked in the slot.
> > 	A few months late, but maybe it will help someone
> > else who is in
> > keybushing heaven.
> > Regards,
> > Fred Sturm
> > University of New Mexico
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