humidity, teflon, hell, jon, whateve:(Was Tapping Strings)

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Delwin D Fandrich" <pianobuilders@olynet.com>
To: <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: April 08, 2002 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: humidity, teflon, hell, jon, whateve:(Was Tapping Strings)


>
> At least was my experience--and I've not worked on one of these things for
> many years but rather liked them when I did--that most of the clicking
with
> these things came from the bushing being loose in the hole of the flange
> fork, not from loose centerpins. A tiny drop of glue around the bushing
> would usually take care of the problem. This problem was greatly reduced
> with the 'ribbed' bushings, especially the larger variety.


I could have been a bit more specific--the glue referred to was thinned out
white glue--just the plain Elmer's stuff. I made it thin enough so it would
seep back between the bushing and the wood. The mix was somewhere around 3:1
to 5:1or so, I don't remember exactly. It maintained considerable resilience
which was what I wanted. I've heard tell CA also works, but I've not tried
it.

Del