I've seen some Kawai's that do this also. but the slot is too big on some of the flanges, so they wander off as well...Nice idea though...if they're set in the right place. Paul From: James Patrick Draine <draine at me.com> To: caut at ptg.org Date: 07/14/2010 03:39 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Baldwin R (modified) On the other hand this brings to mind some older Bechsteins (I think, my head is a bit fuzzy from surgery this morning) that had a slot in the end of the flange, and a pin securing its position (vertical, like those nails). A slight tap suffices to space the flange if the factory setting isn't perfect. Patrick Draine On Jul 14, 2010, at 2:57 PM, Porritt, David wrote: > I brought this action home to work on and discovered a modification I'd not seen before. I have been frustrated with flanges that don't stay where I put them before but not to this extent! All 88 flanges were nailed to the rail! > > dp > > dporritt at smu.edu > <DSCN2332.JPG> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100714/c7846ddf/attachment.htm>
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