I remember seeing some pianos from the first half of the 20th century using a similar idea. The back of the flange has a narrow, vertical slot cut into it and, as I recall, a center pin driven in to the hammer rail through the slot. Perhaps it was Chickering? David Denison, RPT -------------------------------------------------- From: "Porritt, David" <dporritt at mail.smu.edu> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 2:57 PM To: <caut at ptg.org> Subject: [CAUT] Baldwin R (modified) > I brought this action home to work on and discovered a modification I'd > not seen before. I have been frustrated with flanges that don't stay > where I put them before but not to this extent! All 88 flanges were > nailed to the rail! > > dp > > dporritt at smu.edu >
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