Hi, Wood is better than the plastic. But the cost of replacing is much higher. Got my last set of wood that replaces the plastic from Pianotec. While they work, they are a little shorter. One needs to turn them into the wood 1/16" less to keep the regulation of lost motion near the same. If replacing with the plastic, tool # 317 makes easy work of the removal of the old elbow. Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr at srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Doepke To: 'Pianotech List' Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 3:04 PM Subject: plastic flanges While tightening the plastic hammer flanges of a mid 40's Mason/Hamlin, one of the plastic flanges broke. Do I need to replace it with another plastic one, or would a wooden one be fine? Any specific or weird dimensions to those flanges or are chances good that I can find one from my saved parts bin? Brian P. Doepke, (dep-kee) R.P.T. (Registered Piano Technician) AAA Piano Works, Inc. Piano Tuning-Repair-Purchase Consults 260.417.1298 260.432.2043 www.aaapianoworks.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20071212/09e8bfc8/attachment.html
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