In a message dated 96-08-28 16:18:18 EDT, you write: << It is difficult to believe that bushings can be worn out in three months time. To preserve the felt or leather polish the pins with Flitz, available from Pianotek and use Glide-all or other teflon spray lubricant on FELT AND pins. This will prevent excessive wear. >> Newton, I can assure you they are starting to wear out on the balance rail, not completely but getting there. The piano is less than 3 years old, the pins have no corrosion to speak of and they were liberally coated with McLube. The McLube product is superior to any of the above that you mentioned in my opinion unless there is corrosion on the pins then I would use the FLitz polish. The bushings were done by myself with the highest quality cloth. Upon completion of the glue drying the fit was excellent. The piano is played extremely hard for at least 6 hours a day, 365 days a year by two different professional players one of which does a lot of glissandos. I have been in alot of different situations in my 17 plus years as a piano tech including a stint with the L.A. Schools, a fill in for a sick tech at UCLA for quite awhile and a pre professional Arts academy and by far this is the highest use situation I have ever seen. The Arts Academy is second (high school). Thank you for your suggestions. Doug Hershberger,RPT
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