I've never tried this, but I've heard it works well I believe on felt bushings: stick a needle into the bushing parallel to the inside mortise edge. This will puff out the bushing just a little. I imagine 'twould work on leather as well. Anyone please correct me if this is misguided advice, On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 9:34 PM, Andrew Anderson <anrebe at gmail.com> wrote: > I have a late 30s student piano (a0 to a7) traded into the store for piano > lessons. The piano case shows some of the age, but when I got into it I was > surprised at how well made it is. It tunes up beautifully and plays great > with a regulation close to the strings allowing very fine dynamic control. > > I'm wondering if the leather front key bushings are original? I wouldn't > mind if they were a little tighter. Is there an acceptable way to > "rejuvenate" leather in the context of a keypin? > > Andrew Anderson, Artisan Piano > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090812/7db5522b/attachment.htm>
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