Old plastic action parts

[jolly roger]

Hi Stacey and John,
                               A good job whilst watching TV.  If you ream
all the bushings of the new flanges out to #21 with the Mannino reamer the
job goes a lot easier.  A few weeks ago I changed a complete set of wippen
flanges this way.   With the new flanges prepped, the job went quite
quickly in the shop,  and it seemed less tedious. 
Think like a factory worker, so you are not constantly picking up a
different tool, is the key to speed and consistency. You soon get a rhythm
going.
One job like this and the reamers have paid for them selves.
Hope things are going well in Vic for you and the family.   Just think no
-40C this winter.  <G>
Regards Roger 


At 07:59 AM 9/21/01 -0300, you wrote:
>Hi Stacy,
>I just replaced all the p;astic parts with wood in a similar vintage
>Heintzman,
>last month.
>I replaced the jacks w/o flanges, the backchecks, the hammer and wippen
>flanges and the
>damper flanges. I used the parts from Schaff #3791, 530X , 511C and 3717W.
>Pianophile did not have the jacks w/o flanges. By using Schaff I was able to
>pass
>a saving on to the customer.
>There was no problem with regulation, after the exchange of parts.
>If you don't have a set of Don Manino's reamers, now is the time, because it
>is
>a lot of centre pins to replace.
>It did take quite a lot of time, but the customer was happy with the bill.
>Be sure to
>demonstrate all the work involved. The hammer butt flanges were actually ok,
>but
>it didn't make sense not to change them, when everything was apart.
>Regards,
>John M. Ross
>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
>piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Stacy Adams" <adams_piano@hotmail.com>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 12:27 AM
>Subject: Old plastic action parts
>
>
>>
>> List,
>>
>> I inspected an older (50s or 60s) Heinzman console today, the piano was to
>> be evaluated for consigment at the store I work at.  The piano was in
>> absolutely great shape, good board, bridges nearly perfect, nice finish
>> even...but the action had plastic flanges and jacks.  The jacks were so
>> brittle that I would just have to press lightly on the side of one and it
>> would snap off at the centre pin.  I wonder if it would be possible to
>find
>> a similar wooden jack, and also replace the flanges?  Has anyone ever
>> attempted anything like this?  I would expect that even if this were
>> possible it probably wouldn't be cost effective given the amount of labor
>> involved.
>>
>> Any comments?
>>
>> Stacy Adams
>> Victoria, BC
>>
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