plastics

[Kevin E. Ramsey RPT]

    It depends on the plastic used. For instance, the ABS Styrene used by
Kawai in their new pianos will absolutely not degrade......ever. It is a
little like "Lexan", a space age plastic with a life of about 500 years. One
of the things I like about these actions is,,,,, once a flange made out of
this stuff is traveled, it STAYS traveled. Great stuff, I'm glad I get so
many opportunities to work on new Kawai's.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leslie W Bartlett" <lesbart1@juno.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 10:47 AM
Subject: plastics


> There's an interesting article in the December "Discover" magazine about
> plastics, and their inherent tendency to deteriorate.  I wonder what that
> might imply for the future of pianos which are using more and more
> plastics.   Anyone with enough information to offer some dialog?
> les bartlett
> houston
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