I would hazard a guess that the bushings are in the condition they are because the angle at which the hammer tail engages the backcheck strains the bushing, since you will be removing the shanks from the rail it is a good idea to square the tail to the shank and turn the backcheck square also. Otherwise the problem will reoccur. Regards, Jon Page At 07:31 PM 04/18/2000 -0400, you wrote: > I'm repairing a Style 500 Kawai grand from a school. The action is >quite clean and solid with decent hammers. For some reason, the hammer >flange bushings have compacted which causes a rattling sound. I >re-bushed one flange and this solved the problem. I was just wondering >if someone out there might specialize in this tedious (and skilled) work >as I'd prefer not to do a whole set. Of course, if nobody does, I will! > >Philip Jamison Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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