I have done many Steinways with the glued on under-lever flanges and haven't had much of a problem with many of them coming loose. Attached is a jig I made to hold down the flange while the glue is drying. If they are solid, there's no need to remove all the dampers and shelf. Al -------------------------------------------------- From: "David Nereson" <da88ve at gmail.com> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 6:18 AM To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Subject: [pianotech] S&S glued underlever flanges > I know there's probably an archive thread on this, but I have problems > finding stuff in the archives. On those old Steinways where the damper > flanges are glued to the back action rail (no flange screws): when they > come loose, is the only option to remove all the dampers, pull out the > back action, and and re-glue them all? > --David Nereson, RPT > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: underlever glue jig e.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 386893 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091120/83dc57ea/attachment-0001.jpg>
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