Jack Flanges

[Matthew Todd]

Hello,

I beg your endurance a final time on this subject.

I will be returning the repaired whippens this coming week on my clients piano.  How does one typically charge for this repair?  It didn't take me long at all to fit the parts (no custom fit was necessary).  I will be doing a tuning at the same appointment. 

As far as the markup for parts, the flanges themselves only cost me $0.29 each.  Then there's shipping, but I also ordered more supplies for myself as well.



TODD PIANO WORKS 
Matthew Todd, Piano Technician 
(979) 248-9578  http://www.toddpianoworks.com

--- On Sat, 10/25/08, Michael Magness <IFixPianos at yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Michael Magness <IFixPianos at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Jack Flanges
To: toddpianoworks at att.net, "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Date: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 2:25 PM




On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 7:55 AM, Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net> wrote:





Yeah, I thought about the damper spoons after I sent the e-mail. Would A0 and A#0 work? 



TODD PIANO WORKS 
Matthew Todd, Piano Technician 
(979) 248-9578
http://www.toddpianoworks.com

--- On Sat, 10/25/08, Bruce Browning - The Piano Tuner <justpianos at our.net.au> wrote:


From: Bruce Browning - The Piano Tuner <justpianos at our.net.au> 

Subject: Re: Jack Flanges
To: toddpianoworks at att.net, "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>

Date: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 5:15 AM 




Matthew,
The nwhippen has a notch for the flange to sit down in. Remove the old
flange with alcohol and then compare.
B87 & C88 will not have damper spoons.
Bruce Browning

The Piano Tuner


>I put it next to the original flange, and
> you can see quite a difference.
>
> Help please.
>
> These
> "broken keys" are in the center of the keyboard on my clients

piano, so
> I will be stopping by next week and swapping the whippens from B87 and
> C88, so at least the piano will be playable until I get this issue
> resolved.





Hi Matt,
 
I don't want to be unkind but you do tend to over think what should be a simple and straight forward repair. 
As many others have said, the whippen flange, when fitted into the saddle/slot made for it, will probably fit more snugly, if not a good gap filling glue such as Titebond yellow glue will do the trick.
 
For your further edification the action you are working on IS a compact action. Not in the traditional sense but it is not a full size action either, it's a copy of a Schwander action and smaller than a full size action but then most Schwander-type vertical actions, with some notable exceptions are, IMHO and experience. The Baldwin "stealth" vertical action being one. Samick used to make some full size ones in their 48" studios, I don't know if they still do or not.

 
Mike

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Michael Magness
Magness Piano Service
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www.IFixPianos.com

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