At 12:26 -0400 23/4/10, Ed Foote wrote: >JD writes: > >> Once the excess hornbeam stub is chiselled off the pilot hole appears. > >Where does one get these plate bushings? I got these from Baumgärtel but I guess all the German houses have them. >And, if an awl is used to size the holes, is it inserted from the >bottom of the key? Yes, and here are a some pictures of the Kirkman key I said I'd take, still working perfectly after 150 years -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100423/f224a797/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: kkey_01.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 58279 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100423/f224a797/attachment-0003.jpg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: kkey_03.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 69287 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100423/f224a797/attachment-0004.jpg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: kkey_02.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 50865 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100423/f224a797/attachment-0005.jpg>
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