Key Bushing

[pianolady50 at peoplepc.com]

  Jack,

  On rereading I noticed that you did say that the holes were an odd size...do you mean that they are short mortises in the buttons?  We machined a set of Bill's cauls to use for shorter mortises.

  Debbie Legg
  From: Jack Houweling 
    To: Pianotech List 
    Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 12:29 AM
    Subject: Key Bushing


    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.


    Regards,
    Jack Houweling
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