David, At 12:10 AM 8/25/2004, you wrote: >Of course the fact that Steinway routinely reamed one side of the bushing >, i.e. one teflon bushing to get the correct friction...which led to >clicking in the not too distant future. I can't think of anything great >about teflon and its servicing compared to bushing cloth... Urban legend, perpetrated by frustrated technicians. Horace >David I. > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith McGavern" <kam544@gbronline.com> >To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 10:32 PM >Subject: Teflon bushings: (was Re: Pinning on new flanges} > > >>At 12:27 AM -0400 8/25/04, Sarah Fox wrote: >>>... The problem with Steinway's Teflon blunder was the >>>loosening of the Teflon in the wooden hole with humidity changes. ... >> >>Sarah, >> >>I have to intervene as a result of this comment. Maybe you will >>appreciate what I have to say, maybe not. >> >>For the record what I am about to say is an inner unfoldment that I came >>to solely after several years of working with repinning and/or replacing >>teflon bushings. >> >>If there is to be any blunder attributed to Steinway and the teflon >>bushing experience: >> >>1) it was only in that company's over evaluation of the abilities of the >>piano technicians in the field to understand the beauty of the teflon >>bushing in all its glory, >> >>2) to not forsee the unwillingness of piano technicians to invest in the >>necessary tools to work with them, >> >>3) and the capacity to truly understand the techniques as to how to >>properly replace and/or repin them. >> >>Those three things were, in my judgement, the main reasons for the >>eventual undoing of the teflon bushing, not humidity changes. >> >>Somebody mentioned it was ahead of its time. Hardly. In my opinion the >>general populace of piano technicians during that era were just unable to >>embrace it, so it got the bad mouth from those who never really gave it >>the time of day. >> >>Such is the way of some things. >> >>Keith >>-- >>Keith McGavern >>Registered Piano Technician >>Oklahoma Chapter 731 >>Piano Technicians Guild >>USA >> >>_______________________________________________ >>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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