Steinway bushings

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Don writes:
> A fellow colleague proteked the hammer and whippen flanges of a 
>new Steinway only to have them completely seize up resulting in the need
>to  repin the whole darn works.  So.....is the bushing cloth used on these
> instruments treated with Emeralon which reacts adversely to Protek? 

 Greetings, 
    I don't know what is in them, but siezed bushings is a recurrent problem 
in the new Steinways.  On factory recommendation,  I treated a set of 4 year 
old hammer bushings with straight alcohol,(methanol, from the pharmacy).  The 
next day, half of them were wobbly so I repinned the entire 88.  
   I now repin when there is a problem in the new bushings,  it is the ONLY 
way I have found to KNOW that the problem is corrected. 
Regards, 
Ed Foote  RPT