<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=093141806-15052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>That's Mr. Chicken Little, if you please. ;-)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=093141806-15052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=093141806-15052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Because I have a parrot, and I cook, I was just taking Andrew's high temperature comments a step further. I agree that normal cooking temperatures do not pose a problem. But most people that cook have at one time or another accidentally let a pan overheat on the stove. My point was that overheated Teflon in the kitchen kills birds quickly, and that overheating Teflon in the kitchen happens. Just a warning to bird owning technicians, that's all. I doubt that the use of Teflon as a lubricant in either pianos or shoes poses any similar problems.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=093141806-15052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=093141806-15052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Squawk squawk </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=093141806-15052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=093141806-15052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>-- Geoff Sykes</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=093141806-15052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>-- Assoc. Los Angeles</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Avery<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, May 14, 2006 1:45 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: powdered Teflon--new use??<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT size=3>Geoff, <BR><BR>Hey, chicken little. The sky is falling in! <BR><BR>Andrew said: <BR><BR>>At normal temperatures, it is inert. Metabolism doesn't <BR>>get hot enough. In fact normal cooking doesn't get hot enough, <BR>>witness teflon coated pans etc. <BR><BR>If you frequently have "burnt offerings", OK. I can understand. :-) <BR>Do you cook above 600 F.? <BR><BR>Avery <BR><BR>At 01:41 PM 5/14/2006, you wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">And if any of you have birds, get rid of all your Teflon cooking utensils<BR>now. If Teflon gets hot enough to start out gassing, your birds will fall<BR>over dead within moments. Not minutes. Moments.<BR><BR>-- Geoff Sykes<BR>-- Assoc. Los Angeles<BR><BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [<A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" eudora="autourl"> mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A>] On Behalf<BR>Of Andrew and Rebeca Anderson<BR>Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 6:07 AM<BR>To: Pianotech List<BR>Subject: RE: powdered Teflon--new use??<BR><BR><BR>Brian,<BR>The process of making teflon involves some nasty chemicals.  Burning <BR>teflon (high temperatures) breaks it down and releases nasty <BR>chemicals.  At normal temperatures it is inert.  Metabolism doesn't <BR>get hot enough.  In fact normal cooking doesn't get hot enough, <BR>witness teflon coated pans etc.  Regardless, burnt offerings occur <BR>often enough here that I won't have teflon coated cookery in my house. ;-)<BR><BR>Andrew Anderson<BR><BR>At 06:25 PM 5/12/2006, you wrote:<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>