[pianotech] Steingraeber & Sohns leather key bushings

Andrew Anderson anrebe at gmail.com
Thu Aug 13 11:05:04 MDT 2009


Duh, it had to be simple... ;-)
Andrew

On Aug 12, 2009, at 10:52 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote:

> Andrew Anderson 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?
>
> Turn the pin(s). You're talking a "little" tighter, and if turning  
> the pins a tad takes three years off the next seventy years of  
> bushing life, it might just qualify as a acceptable compromise.
> Ron N



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