<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>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 st= op using the teflon bushings? And second, would Steinway have used teflon wippens and felt shank bushings?  According to the own= er of the piano, the hammers have never been replaced.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>