Advice sought on replacing Lester "Betsy Ross " plastic damperflanges.

[gordon stelter]

Thanks for all the advice I didn't ask for. Could
still come in handy! 
    I'm usually a snob about spinets and get thrown
out of the house for telling the owner they have cheap
junk that's not worth fixing, but this is about the
nicest person I've encountered, and I want to
accomodate.
     All I wanted to know is who makes a  good
replacement part, and where to buy it.
    Thanks for answering ( eventually ) Alan!
    Thump


--- Alan <tune4u@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Oops. 
>  
> "Read and follow all label directions."
>  
> Nobody actually answered his actual question, did
> they? I've replaced
> Gulbransen spinet plastic damper flanges with
> "generic" wooden ones, I bet
> they'd fit on the Betsy, too.
>  
> Alan R. Barnard
> Somewhat M-bare-assed in Salem, MO
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Davis [mailto:davistunes@yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 9:29 AM
> To: Alan
> Subject: RE: Advice sought on replacing Lester
> "Betsy Ross " plastic
> damperflanges.
> 
> 
> Really?  I would never have thought the Vagias
> elbows would work to replace
> damper flanges.  Go figure.
>  
> Oh, here's a tech tip, if you order them direct from
> Vagias, you save about
> 10 bucks a set.
>  
> Dave Davis
> Grinning in Renton, WA
>  
>  
>  
> Alan Wrote...
> Vargas acrylic elbows from Schaff.
> 
> Use center pin nippers to snip of the remnants of
> the old plastic (it's
> pretty easy).
> 
> Pull the sticker wire out of the piano, heat the
> threaded end with a 
> torch
> for just a couple of seconds (you'll quickly find
> out what's too much,
> what's too little--but the wire should NOT be
> glowing red) and push it 
> into
> the top of the new elbow. This works perfectly,
> fast, and easy. Forget 
> about
> spinning them on like a screw.
> 
> The other end of the elbow has a flange-type bushing
> with a twist: The 
> hole
> has a slot to the outer world; through this you
> "snap" the elbow onto 
> the
> wippen pin--after replacing the sticker in the
> piano, of course.
> 
> Very easy and quick. Probably THE most satisfying
> work you will ever do 
> on a
> Betsy.
> 
> Alan R. Barnard
> Salem, MO
> 
> 
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