[CAUT] Fwd: Does V S Profelt work in reverse?

[Chris Solliday]

yes and it works fine. front rail .004-.005 over. balance rail .001-.002 over.
Chris Solliday
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: reggaepass at aol.com 
  To: caut at ptg.org 
  Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 1:17 PM
  Subject: [CAUT] Fwd: Does V S Profelt work in reverse?


  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




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