Greetings, << We want a very firm, yet resilient surface against the keypin, not a hard unforgiving one. We're going for adhesion here, and not much "penetration" into the cloth is necessary. >> I agree. And I wonder what is going on with the cloth, these days. I rebushed 6 grands 18 months ago with the BU series of cloth from PianoTek. I took care to use as little glue as possible, and all of them required just a little easing when first installed, and I left the keys with as little free play as possible. They were totally worn out, with keys hitting keys, within the year! Front rails worse than balance. I have never had wear that fast with the older, two color cloth that Steinway used to sell. This new version seems softer and spongier, too. Half of these pianos were lubed with Teflon powder, the other with McLube. The pins were all polished, too. None of it made any difference, they are all totally shot. These pianos are in a very high use application, but I have been gettting 4 years out of keybushing with the Steinway and/or Fletcher-Newman "boxcloth" supplies I used for many years. Anybody else have these problems? I didn't iron the felt, but then again, I never have before, and the other cloth certainly performed better. Regards, Ed Foote RPT http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html <BR><BR><BR>**************<BR>A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26h mpgID=62%26bcd=DecemailfooterNO62)</HTML>
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