<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=windows-1250"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=406565800-08042005><FONT face=Arial>Oops. = </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=406565800-08042005><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=406565800-08042005><FONT face=Arial>"Read and = follow all label directions."</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=406565800-08042005><FONT face=Arial>Nobody actually = answered his actual question, did they? I've replaced Gulbransen spinet plastic = damper flanges with "generic" wooden ones, I bet they'd fit on the Betsy, too.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=406565800-08042005><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. = Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=406565800-08042005>Somewhat M-bare-assed in </SPAN>Salem, MO</FONT></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr = align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Dave = Davis [mailto:davistunes@yahoo.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 07, = 2005 9:29 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Alan<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Advice sought on = replacing Lester "Betsy Ross " plastic damperflanges.<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV>Really?  I would never have thought the Vagias elbows would = work to replace damper flanges.  Go figure.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Oh, here's a tech tip, if you order them direct from Vagias, = you save about 10 bucks a set.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Davis</DIV> <DIV>Grinning in Renton, WA</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Alan Wrote...</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><TT>Vargas acrylic elbows from Schaff.<BR><BR>Use center pin = nippers to snip of the remnants of the old plastic (it's<BR>pretty = easy).<BR><BR>Pull the sticker wire out of the piano, heat the threaded end with a = <BR>torch<BR>for just a couple of seconds (you'll quickly find out what's too = much,<BR>what's too little--but the wire should NOT be glowing red) and push it <BR>into<BR>the top of the new elbow. This works perfectly, fast, and = easy. Forget <BR>about<BR>spinning them on like a screw.<BR><BR>The other = end of the elbow has a flange-type bushing with a twist: The <BR>hole<BR>has a = slot to the outer world; through this you "snap" the elbow onto = <BR>the<BR>wippen pin--after replacing the sticker in the piano, of course.<BR><BR>Very = easy and quick. Probably THE most satisfying work you will ever do <BR>on a<BR>Betsy.<BR><BR>Alan R. Barnard<BR>Salem, MO<BR></DIV></TT><BR> <P><FONT size=2>--<BR>No virus found in this incoming = message.<BR>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.<BR>Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.4 - = Release Date: 04/06/2005<BR></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>--<BR> No virus found in this outgoing message.<BR> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.<BR> Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.4 - Release Date: = 04/06/2005<BR> </FONT> </P>