I like to iron the bushing cloth before rebushing also. I just use a clothes iron set on the wool setting. I feel that it makes the bushing cloth a little more dense and uniform and prevents the glue from soaking in as much. On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Paul T Williams < pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> wrote: > > Good job, John, > > I've had great results with the high quality bushing cloth as well. That > change probably was 80% of the better fit. Ironing helps a bit although > I've not done it and still get a good fit. I bush LOTS of keys here at UNL! > > Paul > > > > *"John Dorr" <a440 at bresnan.net>* > Sent by: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org > > 01/31/2009 08:58 AM > Please respond to > pianotech at ptg.org > > To > pianotech at ptg.org cc > Subject > [pianotech] Best Bushing Job Ever! > > > > > Hi, > > Best bushing job by ME, that is! No doubt there have been better jobs by > others, but I was so elated at how well my last job went, I thought I had > to > share this. > > Usually when I return with the keys I allow some time to ease those that > may > be a little tight yet. On average, I suppose that's ten keys or so. This > last job ALL of the bushings were a PERFECT fit. The only thing I had to > do > was ream a couple of the insides of the balance holes - with a reamer I got > > from Jurgen (fine tool). > > I think what may have made the difference this time was that I ironed all > the > bushings lightly at the end of the job. OR, it may have been that it was > my > first use of what Schaff calls their "extra quality key bushing cloth". > What > do you think? Either or both? > > For ironing I used the Schaff 5-in-1 Electric Iron Kit, #99, shown on page > 66 > of their catalog. > > I controlled the heat with a light dimmer that I bought from a local > lighting > store. It works great and was 1/4 the cost of the #906 ESICO Wattage > Controller shown above the Iron Kit in the Schaff Catalog. You plug the > dimmer cord into the wall, and then plug the iron into the dimmer, so it's > like getting an extension cord as well as a wattage controller. That iron > gets pretty hot on full wattage, and the bushing cloth would surely burn on > > HI. > > Hope somebody gets some help from this. From now on I'll do all bushing > jobs > this way. The "extra quality" bushing cloth is not much more $$ at all, > and > the ironing takes only a couple of minutes. > > John Dorr > Helena, MT > > > > > > -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090131/f05d4a4e/attachment-0001.html>
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