Works great in both directions is my experience. Also am finding that it works ok on new action part centers that have 0 grams friction - hammer flanges and whippen flanges. Debbie Cyr Registered Piano Technician 508-202-2862 cell 617-227-2357 NBSS In a message dated 4/6/2009 1:18:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, reggaepass at aol.com writes: List, I am working on a twenty year old Baldwin R which has not been played much. The front rail key bushings were in various stages of too tight. The key pins are .145", so I initially eased with a .147" straight broach in a rheostat controlled soldering iron (set to a setting used successfully on many previous outings). Barely made any difference at all. Stepped it up to the next larger size broach, .150". Things improved but just barely. I was not getting the slight but positive "knock" from side to side that I usually work for, but the keys were at least coming back up (!). I don't know if the bushing cloth is too thick, or too spongy, or if the mortise was somehow too small to begin with (if that is even a possibility), but I do not have great hopes for the keys remaining functional for long as some are already showing signs of needing to be eased again. So my question is this: Has anyone used V S Profelt with appropriately sized cauls overnight as an effective fix for bushings that are too tight? Thanks, Alan Eder ____________________________________ Get the scoop on the live music scene in your area and hit a show tonight. _Check out TourTracker.com_ (http://www.tourtracker.com/?ncid=emlcntusmusi00000005) ! **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221621488x1201450096/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DAprilfooterNO62) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20090406/edb57fb0/attachment.html>
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