Teflon and naptha solution for knuckles.

[Cy Shuster]

Guy Nichols had a great recent Journal article (in the last 4 months)
showing how to use ordinary aluminum door thresholds for this purpose.  Hold
'em upside down against the knuckles (concave side up), and the mess is
contained.

--Cy--

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 10:23 PM
Subject: Teflon and naptha solution for knuckles.


> 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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