[CAUT] Teflon and felt bushings

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

At 09:23 AM 11/14/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>I just inspected a 1981 B, and found that the hammer shank bushings are 
>felt, but the wippen bushings are teflon. First of all, when did Steinway 
>stop using the teflon bushings? And second, would Steinway have used 
>teflon wippens and felt shank bushings?  According to the owner of the 
>piano, the hammers have never been replaced.
>
>Wim


I did the factory tech week in '82, and at that time they were 
"transitioning" out of teflon.  They were using up the stocks of teflon 
which they had left so that there were a number of hybrids during that period.



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