Teflon Steinway - Solutions?

[Avery Todd]

Jon,

   Thanks. At least, now I know I'm not the only one who thought that. :-)

Avery

>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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