Of course the fact that Steinway routinely reamed one side of the bushing , i.e. one teflon bushing to get the correct friction...which led to clicking in the not too distant future. I can't think of anything great about teflon and its servicing compared to bushing cloth... David I. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith McGavern" <kam544@gbronline.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 10:32 PM Subject: Teflon bushings: (was Re: Pinning on new flanges} > At 12:27 AM -0400 8/25/04, Sarah Fox wrote: >>... The problem with Steinway's Teflon blunder was the >>loosening of the Teflon in the wooden hole with humidity changes. ... > > Sarah, > > I have to intervene as a result of this comment. Maybe you will appreciate > what I have to say, maybe not. > > For the record what I am about to say is an inner unfoldment that I came > to solely after several years of working with repinning and/or replacing > teflon bushings. > > If there is to be any blunder attributed to Steinway and the teflon > bushing experience: > > 1) it was only in that company's over evaluation of the abilities of the > piano technicians in the field to understand the beauty of the teflon > bushing in all its glory, > > 2) to not forsee the unwillingness of piano technicians to invest in the > necessary tools to work with them, > > 3) and the capacity to truly understand the techniques as to how to > properly replace and/or repin them. > > Those three things were, in my judgement, the main reasons for the > eventual undoing of the teflon bushing, not humidity changes. > > Somebody mentioned it was ahead of its time. Hardly. In my opinion the > general populace of piano technicians during that era were just unable to > embrace it, so it got the bad mouth from those who never really gave it > the time of day. > > Such is the way of some things. > > Keith > -- > Keith McGavern > Registered Piano Technician > Oklahoma Chapter 731 > Piano Technicians Guild > USA > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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