[CAUT] Steinway Pedal Bushings

[Daniel Gurnee]

At HSU visiting technicians changed pedal bushings to Teflon which gave 
up shortly; returned to original style cloth with graphite impregnation 
proving best.

Dan Gurnee RET
On Monday, October 2, 2006, at 01:45 PM, Jim Busby wrote:

> Ken,
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> (I dunno.) We bought a box of leather scraps from Tandy and there are 
> various sizes, etc. It can’t be too hard/thick or too thin/soft. Not 
> as thick as shoe leather and not as soft as backcheck leather. 
> Bendable but not flimsy… (See! I dunno…)
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> Jim Busby
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> From:caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf 
> OfKen Zahringer
> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 1:41 PM
> To: College and University Technicians
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Steinway Pedal Bushings
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> Hmmm, that’s interesting.  What sort of leather do you use?  Something 
> not too thick, and quite flexible, I suppose.  Would it be something 
> like the gasket leather I get for player pianos & reed organs?  Please 
> elucidate.
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> Thanks,
> Ken Z.
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> On 10/2/06 2:02 PM, "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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> I also like leather and I prefer the Protek thick lube instead of 
> graphite.
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> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, CA 94044
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> Original message
> From: "Jim Busby"
> To: "College and University Technicians"
> Received: 10/2/2006 9:48:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Steinway Pedal Bushings
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> Ken,
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> I like leather better than cloth.
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> Jim Busby BYU
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> Ken Zahringer, RPT
> University of Missouri
> School of Music
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