Tallow/Graphite/Bridges Question

[Farrell]

What about working powdered Teflon into the bridge top? I'm sure one could get it to produce a nice slick surface - but would the slickness deteriorate after a short while?

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gevaert Pierre" <pierre.gevaert@belgacom.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: Tallow/Graphite/Bridges Question


> Cocerning the bridge tops, indeed, (older?) European pianos often have no
> graphite there, but I've heard that they used an other substance which is
> invisible. Several persons told me they always (use to) put something on the
> bridges.
> If that is right, has anyone an  idea of what they could have used in the
> past or maybe still now?
> Pierre Gevaert,
> Belgium.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 6:49 PM
> Subject: Tallow/Graphite/Bridges Question
> 
> 
> > Dale,
> > The question: What do I suggest you put on the bridges? NOTHING! A lot of
> > European Pianos have nothing on the top of their bridges and we oh and aw
> > about them! I think we just got used to seeing something there, so have
> > continued to do so. The lubricity of steel against hardwood is more than
> > sufficient to render the tension throughout the length of the string,
> IMHO.
> > When I make bridges for other techs, do I put graphite on them? Yes. But
> > only because it is expected and I am, after all, reproducing what was
> > already there. The only reason to use a dark substance on a bridge is that
> > it is easier to see where the termination point should be, when chiseling
> > the termination.
> > Regards,
> > Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
> >
> >
>