<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1251"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Makes sense, Captain Joe!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sounds like silicone is not the problem, except to the extent that it enables the manufacturer to do sloppy pinning.  If so, who cares if the silicone creep back into a new bush, or remains in the old bushing, as long as the pinning is done properly.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You have to take what I say with a grain of salt.  I haven't serviced pianos in the field much for the past 20 years.  I spend my time building pianos in cyber space, for someone else to built with real materials, and someone else, again, to service in the real world.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Frank Emerson</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:pianoguru@earthlink.net">pianoguru@earthlink.net</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">Joseph Garrett</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 10/6/2006 10:15:11 AM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Wurlitzer Flanges</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <P> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>>......... Rebushing might, but I would not put an iron-clad</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>> guarantee on it unless the entire flange were replaced, knowing how</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>> silicone "creeps."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>I really have to disagree on this one. Think about it.....Why did Wurlitzer use the Sillycone in the first place? Answer because their pinning consisted of poor techniques..i.e. jamming an oversized pin into a flange bushing that was not reamed to the proper size. It eliminated a step in the pinning process. They saved money on Labor! Their answer was Silicone. As for the silicone "creeping", where is it going to "Creep"? Onto the hammer rail, most likely. Then where? My answer: No place of any consideration. Some seem to think this is the Invasion of The Blob or sumpin'...Sheesh! It is not that big a deal. There are a plethora of Wurlys out there, that have had this done to them and they work as well as any other PSO, IMO. My experience has been that proper re-pinning takes care of the initial problem...permanently.</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV>Respectfully,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joseph Garrett, R.P.T.</DIV> <DIV>Captain, Tool Police</DIV> <DIV>Squares R I</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>