Ah, yes, Dave. Many of us "older" techs have paid a LOT of bills with all those "plastic" parts! Thankfully, I no longer have to worry about that. Been there, done that! :-) I'll refer them to someone who's trying to make a living being self-employed! Avery At 10:16 AM 11/12/03 -0500, you wrote: >Liszt, > >If you ever find yourself unfortunate enough to be tuning a winter spinet >circa 1940s, do not, repeat, DO NOT attempt to move the backchecks even >slightly. The whippens are mounted on plastic flanges, and they are now >of an age that renders them quite brittle. > >I was tuning one of these little beasts yesterday, and I attempted to >regulate one of the backchecks, thereby snapping the whippen >flange. Pulled the action out, replaced flange, put action back in, >resumed tuning, and immediately found another broken flange...guess where >I'm going this morning? > >Oh yeah, the damper flanges are also made of the same yellowing >plastic. The hammerflanges, thank goodness, are made of wood! > >Just offering you all fair warning. > >Dave Stahl
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