Key Bushing

John Formsma formsma at gmail.com
Mon Jul 14 22:39:28 MDT 2008


On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Jack Houweling <jackhouweling at dccnet.com>
wrote:

>  Hello everyone,
>
> I am rebushing a set of keys for a Chickering grand and the balance pin
> holes are an odd size and do not fit any of my Spurlock cauls.
> What do you do in this situation? Do you special order cauls or can you
> make them yourself?
>
> I quickly made a set of mortise sizing cauls out of maple and so far they
> have worked good. I now have to make the key bushing cauls I and II. I will
> be using maple again because it is all I have and I find it easy to work
> with. I hope this is a good way to do this or if anyone has any other
> suggestions please let me know.
>
>
>

I have ordered the odd size cauls from Bill before.  They were for a reed
organ.  I think he had them already in stock.  He shipped them that day.  I
always get great service from him.

-- 
JF
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