Dont miss this http://www.spurlocktools.com/id57_hot_hide_glue.htm I did my first keybushing job last month and it was a great success, thanks in good part to this home-made glue pot. We used first sizing cauls overnight, then one side after the other. I had taken one pin from each balance and front rails with me to check. I would not have done without. (took us about 40 hours of thinking, measuring, doing, undoing one side etc next time, it will be MUCH better.) Good success! Allan Sutton www.pianotechniquemontreal.com _____ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Todd Sent: 20 juillet 2009 20:43 To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Key Bushing Job The piano is an upright. Yes, I received the cauls in the mail today of the appropriate size. Not to mention my very own set of key clamps! I will also be doing my first attempt at hot hide glue <http://mail.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/04.gif> . I was asking about the key frame in case there was a way to check my bushing work. But it sounds like I won't be able to since the action won't be there so I can check the tightness of the balance rail bushings. TODD PIANO WORKS Matthew Todd, Piano Technician (979) 248-9578 http://www.toddpianoworks.com <http://www.toddpianoworks.com/> --- On Tue, 7/21/09, J Patrick Draine <jpdraine at gmail.com> wrote: From: J Patrick Draine <jpdraine at gmail.com> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Key Bushing Job To: pianotech at ptg.org Date: Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 12:16 AM Not "absolutely" necessary, but if it's a grand, take the keyframe to yr shop. That way you can do a perfect key easing (if the rebushing wasn't 110% perfect, which is seldom the case) in the shop, rather than in front of the impatient customer. You do have Spurlock (or brass or aluminum) Cauls of the appropriate thickness? Patrick Draine, back from GR On Monday, July 20, 2009, Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net <http://us.mc838.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=toddpianoworks@att.net> > wrote: > I have a key bushing job coming up. I will be removing the keys and taking them to my shop to work on, and I had a couple questions. > > 1) Is it necessary to take the keyframe with me? > 2) What is an efficient way to remove all the keys and prepare them for transport? > > Thanks in advance! > > > TODD PIANO WORKS > Matthew Todd, Piano Technician > (979) 248-9578 > http://www.toddpianoworks.com <http://www.toddpianoworks.com > <http://www.toddpianoworks.com/> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.10/2231 - Release Date: 07/20/09 06:16:00 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090720/44d360ff/attachment.htm>
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