Guy Nichols had a great recent Journal article (in the last 4 months) showing how to use ordinary aluminum door thresholds for this purpose. Hold 'em upside down against the knuckles (concave side up), and the mess is contained. --Cy-- ----- Original Message ----- From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 10:23 PM Subject: Teflon and naptha solution for knuckles. > Greeting, Earthlings, > After my last knuckle re-constituting job ( 1925 > Chickering Ampico with flattened but not worn knuckles > ), using a little brass brush and plenty of naptha, I > looked with dread to yet another messy attempt at > getting Teflon powder into the buckskin without having > it end up eveywjere else > ( like my lungs ) so I mixed a thin solution of the > powder I bought from Pianotek with some more naptha, > and brushed it on. VOILA! I thrilled to see the > buckskin sucking it inward by capillary action, and > when the naptha had evaporated all the knuckles were > evenly and smoothy permeated with the stuff. Worked > great, too! > WARNING: Make sure the solution is pretty thin. > Too much powder and the knuckles will look like glazed > doughnnuts when dry. DAMHIK! > Thump > > > --- gordon stelter <lclgcnp@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Everyone, > > The events of this last week have made me > > realize > > I am in a "buyer's market" here in semi-rural > > Georgia, > > and often find pianos which I do not have time to > > rebuild, and which may be desirable to others. > > Please send me privately your list of desired > > instruments, and approximately what you would be > > willing to pay for them. I will then create a > > "Piano Buyers" folder, and contact you if anything > > shows up. > > Sincerely, > > Gordon Stelter > > > > P.S. I have already brokered several Steinway, > > Mason, > > Conover, Knabe, Bechstein etc. pianos to rebuilders > > in > > Atlanta, but am interested in seeing what the > > national > > market will offer. I also have access to plenty of > > players, including reproducing grands. > > > > > > --- ANRPiano@aol.com wrote: > > > > > I used to do swing test but I found the results to > > > be very inconsistent. > > > When you factor in the different weights of > > hammers > > > from top to bottom, what > > > does the number of swings with some arbitrarily > > > picked hammer tell you? > > > > > > Use a gram gauge and get an absolute number on > > your > > > friction. If you tell > > > me you get X swings I would need to know the > > weight > > > of the hammer and how far > > > out on the shank it was located and as you have > > > found out the angle it is > > > relative to the flange. Too many variables for a > > > number which doesn't really > > > tell you anything to begin with. > > > > > > Just my 1 cent worth. > > > > > > > > > Andrew Remillard > > > 2417 Maple Ave > > > Downers Grove, IL 60515 > > > ANRPiano.com > > > 630-852-5058 > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: > > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > >
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