plastic flanges

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Re: plastic flangesHi,
Have you ever seen/had a wood elbow break?
My druthers would be the drop action over the compressed action.
But then with all the new stuff comming out of far away places it 
is hard to justify reccommending work on anything from 1940 to 1980 
in the shape of a box.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Alan Barnard 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:11 PM
  Subject: Re: plastic flanges


  Hi, Joe, and anyone evesdropping ... you said, about elbows, "Wood is better than the plastic."

  Why do you say that? With then general sloppiness and slowness of the wire drop-sticker action, what possible difference could it make?

  Alan Barnard
  Salem, MO



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  Original message
  From: "Joe And Penny Goss"  
  To: "Pianotech List"  
  Received: 12/12/2007 9:18:08 PM
  Subject: Re: plastic flanges


  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 


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