[CAUT] Teflon Bushings

[Brent Fischer]

Hi Mr. Horace,               I don't get this part. First, you strip the parts, are we retainingoriginal hammers or what?  Okay, now we get to chip off that old Sty.brown glue, few hours making that look good, right? Then we spendtwo days knuckling and repinning at less than fourty percent savings over new hammers and shanks. I can't reason with any of the currentconversation of saving teflon when it is more cost effective to go with new, high quality specs. Assuming we are usually talking performance standards on the forum.Brent
--- On Mon, 11/29/10, Horace Greeley <hgreeley at sonic.net> wrote:

From: Horace Greeley <hgreeley at sonic.net>
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Teflon Bushings
To: caut at ptg.org
Date: Monday, November 29, 2010, 12:34 PM


Hi, Brent,

At 11:11 AM 11/29/2010, you wrote:
>and knuckles last how long?

Depends...but, given Jon's chopsaw process, replacing them shouldn't 
be any problem, no matter what.

Best.

Horace



>--- On Mon, 11/29/10, Delwin D Fandrich <del at fandrichpiano.com> wrote:
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>From: Delwin D Fandrich <del at fandrichpiano.com>
>Subject: Re: [CAUT] Teflon Bushings
>To: caut at ptg.org
>Date: Monday, November 29, 2010, 8:19 AM
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>So, please explain all those Steinway actions with Teflon bushings 
>that, once the pins and bushings were properly installed and mated, 
>have gone on working flawlessly for some three decades now.
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>I understand about the hole in the wood and occasionally it could be 
>a problem. But not nearly as often as was claimed by some. It was 
>also a problem that could easily be fixed.
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>ddf
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>Delwin D Fandrich
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>Piano Design & Fabrication
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>620 South Tower Avenue
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>Centralia, Washington 98531 USA
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>del at fandrichpiano.com
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>ddfandrich at gmail.com
>Phone  360.736.7563
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>From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf 
>Of Brent Fischer
>Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 6:16 AM
>To: caut at ptg.org
>Subject: Re: [CAUT] Teflon Bushings
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>Del,
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>     With all due respect, give credit to Steinway. Basically the quote
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>from the WNG site on what went wrong. Along with " a hole in wood
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>is circular only at the EMC which it is drilled at."   Therefore,
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>I agree for contact stiffness the hard bushing for the shank flange
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>makes all the sense , anywhere else in the action, just get rid of it
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>or make teflon beaded necklaces.
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>Brent
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