I was under the impression that one of the problems with teflon was wood swelling and squeezing the bushing thus tightening the flange... is this another urban legend? David I. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Avery Todd" <avery@ev1.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 5:48 PM Subject: Re: Teflon bushings: (was Re: Pinning on new flanges} > Sarah, > > I have to disagree a "little" bit here. IMHO, the primary reason that > the Teflon actions had such a hard time with piano technicians is that > that never bothered to "teach" the techs how to deal with it/them. > > From what I've been told, teflon responds exactly the opposite of felt > bushed flanges. > > Avery > > At 12:32 AM 8/25/04, you wrote: >>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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