Teflon Steinway - Solutions?

[Jon Page]

At 05:46 PM 3/4/99 -0600, you wrote:
>>...Teflon shrinks in moisture. If it is moved to a dry climate it will
tighten
>>up...
>>
>>Jon Page
>
>No offense, Jon, but it's the wood that changes, Jon, not the teflon.  It
>is considered an inert substance.
>
>Keith McGavern



Not so.

Place a teflon s/f in a glass of water, it will be loose as a goose within
20 minutes.  This was demonstrated by Koe Biscelie (sp?) at a seminar.
The bushing actually is loose in the hole in the shank yoke, go figure.

In heat the plastic expands tightening the joint.

Joe's description of the material is as follows (to the best of my memory):
        
        The plastic is manmade; wood and felt are organic.
        With moisture; wood and felt swell, plastic shrinks
        With heat; wood and felt shrink, plastic expands.

And that's what I have seen with the material on the oceanside here.

Regards,



Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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