Now What?

[Jon Page]

Adding a washer will actually be better. I wish all S&S's had washers on 
the flanges, they would be more controllable.

At 09:10 AM 8/23/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>List,
>
>As if trying to learn the touchweight thing right now isn't enough,
>I've just discovered that the new S & S flanges in the Renner parts
>kit are one mm thinner (6mm) than the old flanges (7mm) and won't
>tighten down normally. I'm afraid to put too much pressure on them
>for fear of splitting something. The screws are 17mm long from under
>the head and the holes are app. 10mm deep from the top of the felt.
>
>The rail already has that thicker type of old brown felt on it and
>the red cloth I was intending to use would be thinner!
>
>I've never had this problem before and didn't realize there were
>different thicknesses in the Steinway flanges! Boy, I'd hate to
>reuse those ugly, dark brown old flanges on the new shanks! And here
>I was getting ready to actually do some measuring! :-)
>
>However, I just thought of adding a washer and that makes it tighten
>down fine. The flange doesn't have a cut-out for a washer, so would
>there be any problem with that?
>
>What now?
>
>Avery