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I am in the process of bringing an old baby grand back to life. So far so good, I have been reading various pieces on the internet and Reblitz's book. I am getting ready to begin putting the strings on the plate but I'm concerned about the new tuning pin bushings (wooden bushing between the plate and the tuning pin) Once the bushings are in place is it typical to ream the bushing before hammering the pins in or just hammer them in? I couldn't find a good description on how to install new bushings in Reblitz other than once sentence about reaming the bushing.

Also, several of the tuning pin holes are not centered with respect to the hole in the plate so when the new bushing is in place the two holes don't line up very well. I asked a technician about it and he said don't worry about it just hammer the pins in, I thought I should get a second opinion.

Don't worry bout it, just hammer the pins in.

Be certain that the bushings are tight enough in the plate webbing that they require tapping in with a punch device fitted to the bushing.
If they are not a forced fit - tight in the webbing they will split.
If you are using oversize pins, you may not get away with just pounding them in. All bushings that I know of have in i.d. of .250
I split a few with a 2ott pin so all of mine are reamed. Call it a waste of time but splits are unsightly. Probably only me that would notice.

Thanks for the response, the bushings definitely fit snug in the plate and the pins are oversize. The originals were #2 and were pretty tight so with the restringing I'm going with #3 pins.