Hi Ed- Yes, we considered but I had already invested significant labor reconditioning these original reps and wasn't as confident matching wood whippens with composite shanks. I suppose that should work fine though. Anyway, I had already bored the hammers to 7/32 when we learned of the delay on Renner replacements- so we put that project to the side and waited. I have a set of WNG for Baldwin on the shelf here and may give those a try soon. regards, Dennis. ___________ On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Ed Foote <a440a at aol.com> wrote: > Dennis writes: > >>Yes, similar experiences with this vintage M&H. Not so much with drop > screws as you mention but certainly all other pinning problems. Breaking > news.... Renner USA now has available replacement shanks and flanges for > these. Lloyd told me they are a copy of the Falcone flange. We had a set > on order for some time and they finally arrived this week. << > > Greetings, > Did you consider the WNG nylon parts? I think they have all the M&H > dimensions covered, and I seem to remember that they can duplicate whatever > flange/shank combo needed. Never seen anything as consistent as they are, > and the last two actions I have put together with them have gone together > like the engineers designed them. When regulated, all the let-off buttons > and drop screws are in straight rows. (that IS where most of the > irregularities accumulate when the regulation is done). I have never seen > that with wooden parts. > Regards, > > > Ed Foote RPT > http://www.piano-tuners.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20120726/c67d92ce/attachment.htm>
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