Understood, Frank. Actually, the very possibility that I'll be that deep in old parts in an old upright is slim, but I definitely paid many dues with uprights and the suggestion is something I never tried. Always more to learn, I think this one would fall into the tricks of the trade category Fenton ----- Original Message ----- From: <pianoguru at cox.net> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Cc: "Fenton Murray" <fmurray at cruzio.com> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 7:04 PM Subject: Re: 1890's Everett upright > ---- Fenton Murray <fmurray at cruzio.com> wrote: >> Can you slightly enlarge the hammer butt flange hole to shift the hammer >> over a bit more? >> -- >> JF >> I like that, JF, that one never occurred to me. >> Fenton > > Be careful. Good idea, but those old flanges are probably fragile and > likely to split if not reinforced while enlarging the screw hole. > > Frank Emerson > >
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