Sarah, This from the archives August of 03 My query and Del's answer ______________________________________________ > .... I'm curious as to other opinions on the list about this chapter in > action center design. Good Idea gone bad? Bad idea gone away for good? > I heard an opinion expressed in the mid 80's from those @ > Steinway and Sons that: > "The technicians killed the Teflon bushing" > Inquiring mind wants to know. > Tom Driscoll > _______________________________________________ There's been a fair amount written about this in the past...check the archives. Personally I had very little trouble with Teflon bushings. Once they were set up right. I did a lot of Steinway prep work during the 1970s and found the biggest problems to be related to the unbelievably sloppy fitting at the factory. I am aware that Steinway's position held that technicians killed off Teflon bushings. Surprising then that it was the technicians who finally figured out how to fit them and service them so they didn't click, rattle and roll. The one thing you definitely did not want to do was service them in the way that Steinway wrote about and taught about in their convention classes and seminars. In the end--after years of pressure from and by technicians--they finally adopted the tools and techniques developed in the field by technicians. About the time everyone got them figured out they were dropped for an even more unserviceable saturated, gummed-up felt mess. Del -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Keith McGavern Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 1:32 AM To: Pianotech 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. ...
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