[CAUT] S&S Key Bushings

[Garee, Anne E.]

Rick and all,
We've had great success with VS Profelt at Florida State now for several
years.  Pianotek has compiled a list of successful uses from techs all
over the country. These include action centers, key bushings, damper
guide rail bushings, trapwork/keybed bushings, and yes, damper felt. We
use warm cauls in the key bushings and leave them over night. This has
revolutionized practice room key bushing protocols!  We do more resizing
than rebushing lately and can get pianos back in service very quickly. 
Anne Garee

-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Rick Florence
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 3:51 PM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: [CAUT] S&S Key Bushings

This was one of the experiments I did.  Tight bushings were successfully
resized.  That was only 10 days ago however, still waiting the long-term
results.  I have not tried less than overnight yet.  I have wondered if
using heated cauls would speed up the process.

____________________
Rick Florence
Senior Piano Technician
Arizona State University
School of Music

-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Jon Page
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 12:43 PM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: [CAUT] S&S Key Bushings

The S&S I was working on had bushings which were too tight
and using a key bushing iron softened the glue more than it
sized the opening.

Would the VSP properly size the gap in this case
with the use of cauls?   The only problem with this
is that sometimes waiting overnight with the cauls
in place is not an option.
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Regards,

Jon Page