----- Original Message ----- From: <A440A@aol.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: August 08, 2003 9:49 AM Subject: Re: Teflon Bushings/Again! > > << >I just found out, (from a reliable source), that Steinway is "treating" > >their new part flanges with Emralon! For the life of me, I do not > >understand why they feel the need to "treat" good felt with anything!!! > >Damn! You'd think that with the Teflon fiasco, they'd have learned. > > Steinway and Sons have a 155 year tradition of pinning problems. > > >And then there's Renner "treating" their flange cloth with Graphite!!!!! >> > > And it is not uncommon for me to have to repin entire hammerlines that I > used the Renner shanks on. Many years ago a colleague of mine worked in the > London Steinway dealership with Mr. Glazebrook. He astounded me with the info > that they would repin the Hamburg pianos before putting them on the showroom > floor. Something about Renner graphite........ > Regards > > Ed Foote RPT Back when we were building our upright (using Renner actions and repining nearly every flange in the action) we were assured that the graphite was there at the request of the German manufacturers. And that they had no problems with this at all. Del
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