Hi Elwood, If we follow your advice then we had better give up on CA glue, and telfon powder just for example. I'll not be tuning much in 30 years--that pine box tends to make reaching the tuning pins difficult. ABS plastic has been around for a very long time now, and with the currect technique of reinforcing it with carbon fiber it does out perform wood in many applications. (think of tennis rackets). There is no need to wait 30 years. At 10:29 AM 18/12/2004 -0600, you wrote: >Phil, thank you for your response. I would like to feel the way you do >about the modern plastics, but manufacturers probably said that when they >first began to use plastics. Let's give current composites another 30 to 40 >years and see how long they last. We DO know how long wood flanges last. >Joy! >Elwood > >Elwood Doss, Jr., RPT >Piano Technician/Technical Director >Department of Music >145 Fine Arts Building >University of Tennessee at Martin >Martin, TN 38238 >731-881-1852 >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Phil Bondi" <phil@philbondi.com> >To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 6:13 AM >Subject: Re: Plastic action parts > > >> Elwood Doss, Jr. wrote: >> >> >Hey, the action collapsed on itself long ago! I cringe when I see >plastic >> >action parts in a piano. It's a disaster! Gimme wood parts any day! >> > >> > >> Once again, I feel compelled to chime in on this somewhat contoversial >> subject. >> >> Elwood, plastic parts in pianos made before 1980, or thereabouts, will >> be subject to premature failure because of the basic composite of the >> plastic used. Plastic parts of today will be much better, not affected >> by humidity swings AS MUCH as wood is(bushing cloth in plastic will >> still swell and shrink, but not as much), and the parts will be stronger >> than their wood counterparts. >> >> Let technology move forward, and let's keep an open mind to the >> possibility that the manufacturers are trying to do the right >> thing..Kawai comes to mind as a manufacturer working with composites. >> There are others, I'm sure. >> >> Phil Bondi(Fl) >> >> >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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