---------- > From: Jon Page <jpage@capecod.net> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: Teflon Steinway - Solutions? > Date: Thursday, March 04, 1999 8:40 PM > > At 07:23 PM 3/4/99 -0500, you wrote: > >Jon writes: > > > >>Teflon shrinks in moisture. If it is moved to a dry climate it will tighten > >>up. > > > > Hmmm, I have never noticed that teflon changes with humidity, the wood > >around it, yes, but the teflon itself? > >Regards, > >Ed Foote > > > > Pianos with teflon bushings develop clicking noises when they are moved to > Cape Cod. The clicking jack bushing is a real bear to track down. > > Regards, > > > Jon Page > Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guys, It may be possible to rebush teflon with felt. The early teflon bushings were "small" and the later "large". If you're working on the small ones, try removing them, inserting a properly "ripped" strip of bushing cloth in the holes, insert a #19 center pin (aka"wedding" pin) and placing a tiny dab of glue where the cloth meets the wood. You may have to use a somewhat larger pin if a #19 is loose in the flange hole. Trying to make teflon work is a frustrating and virtually impossible proposition. Even Steinway got tired of if ( maybe all those lawsuits made them give up). A. Grudko
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