[pianotech] Key balance rebushing

[Michael Magness]

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 12:39 PM, <reggaepass at aol.com> wrote:

> List,
>
>  I'm now a firm believer in folding over the top & using cauls! (g)
>
> I have not (yet) folded balance rail bushings over the top of the key
> button.  It has not really been a conscience decision (until now, anyway).
>  The only reason I could offer is that on so many of the keyboards I have
> rebushed, the balance rail pin is not much taller than the top of the key
> button. In these cases, the top of the pin would be buried by the addition
> of bushing cloth to the top of the key button, making it tricky (and
> sometimes even impossible) to access the top of the pin for key squaring.
>  Am I the only one to encounter this problem?  Am I missing something here?
>
> thanks,
>
> Alan Eder
>
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Magness <ifixpiano at gmail.com>
> To: limhseng <limhseng at gmail.com>; pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Fri, Oct 22, 2010 5:49 am
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Key balance rebushing
>
>
>
> 2010/10/21 <limhseng at gmail.com>
>
>> Hi List
>> Have a basic query to ask.
>> When rebushing balance key hole, is it necessary to pull the felt through
>> the key button side windows? I have done both ways and I can't tell the
>> difference.
>> Thanks from Lim
>> Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld
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>
>
> As a former pull it through the side & having taken the 12 step program
> provided by Bill Spurlock
> I'm now a firm believer in folding over the top & using cauls! (g)
>
> --
>
> I think we are a product of all our experiences.
> Sanford I. Weill<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/s/sanfordiw283095.html>
>
>
> Michael Magness
> Magness Piano Service
> 608-786-4404
> www.IFixPianos.com <http://www.ifixpianos.com/>
> email mike at ifixpianos.com
>


Hi Alan,

Perhaps I didn't make myself clear, when I spoke of folding over the top, I
was referring to folding the felt from the top down in, with the Spurlock
cauls there is some felt left glued on top of the button. If, however it is
a problem on some pianos, I have removed it with a utility knife. I usually
replace balance rail punchings when I rebush, starting from the bottom up,
levelling & setting dip, so the balance rail pins being too low is rarely a
problem.

Mike
-- 

I think we are a product of all our experiences.
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Michael Magness
Magness Piano Service
608-786-4404
www.IFixPianos.com <http://www.ifixpianos.com/>
email mike at ifixpianos.com
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