Teflon and naptha solution for knuckles.

[gordon stelter]

Greeting, Earthlings,
     After my last knuckle re-constituting job ( 1925
Chickering Ampico with flattened but not worn knuckles
), using a little brass brush and plenty of naptha, I
looked with dread to yet another messy attempt at
getting Teflon powder into the buckskin without having
it end up eveywjere else 
( like my lungs ) so I mixed a thin solution of the
powder I bought from Pianotek with some more naptha,
and brushed it on. VOILA! I thrilled to see the
buckskin sucking it inward by capillary action, and
when the naptha had evaporated all the knuckles were
evenly and smoothy permeated with the stuff. Worked
great, too!
    WARNING: Make sure the solution is pretty thin.
Too much powder and the knuckles will look like glazed
doughnnuts when dry. DAMHIK!
     Thump


--- gordon stelter <lclgcnp@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Everyone,
>      The events of this last week have made me
> realize
> I am in a "buyer's market" here in semi-rural
> Georgia,
> and often find pianos which I do not have time to
> rebuild, and which may be desirable to others.
>      Please send me privately your list of desired
> instruments, and approximately what you would be
> willing to pay for them. I will then create a 
> "Piano Buyers" folder, and contact you if anything
> shows up.
>      Sincerely,
>      Gordon Stelter
> 
> P.S. I have already brokered several Steinway,
> Mason,
> Conover, Knabe, Bechstein etc. pianos to rebuilders
> in
> Atlanta, but am interested in seeing what the
> national
> market will offer. I also have access to plenty of
> players, including reproducing grands.
> 
> 
> --- ANRPiano@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > I used to do swing test but I found the results to
> > be very  inconsistent.  
> > When you factor in the different weights of
> hammers
> > from top  to bottom, what 
> > does the number of swings with some arbitrarily
> > picked hammer  tell you?
> >  
> > Use a gram gauge and get an absolute number on
> your
> > friction.  If you  tell 
> > me you get X swings I would need to know the
> weight
> > of the hammer and how  far 
> > out on the shank it was located and as you have
> > found out the angle it is  
> > relative to the flange.  Too many variables for a
> > number which doesn't  really 
> > tell you anything to begin with.
> >  
> > Just my 1 cent worth.
> >  
> >  
> > Andrew  Remillard 
> > 2417 Maple Ave
> > Downers Grove, IL  60515
> > ANRPiano.com
> > 630-852-5058
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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