I have not, but there was a thread on this not too long ago. Apparently, the original snap-on replacements were weak, and subsequently redesigned with a reinforcing rib which extends under the snap part. Paul Bruesch Stillwater, MN On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Wally Scherer <afinetune at yahoo.com> wrote: > A customer has a Lester spinet from the late 1950's or early 60's. She had > complained about keys staying down, so I suspected broken elbows. When I got > under the piano I was surprised to see that the broken elbows were snap-on > replacement ones, yellowed in color. The breaking point was around the > snap-in slot. I replaced 7 with the clear snap-ons. > > Anyone else seen the replacement ones breaking? > > Wally Scherer > ------------------------------------------------------- > A FINE TUNE - Piano Tuning & Repairs > Wallace T. Scherer, piano technician, music educator > 5020 Canal Drive, Lake Worth, Florida, 33463-8014 > Telephone: 561-432-4121 > Web page: http://aftune.angelfire.com > Facebook: > http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-FINE-TUNE-PIANO-TUNING-REPAIRS/129845010366185 > ------------------------------------------------ > FREE TICKETS: http://aftune.angelfire.com/freetics.html > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110119/7d2d1de4/attachment.htm>
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