<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks for the hints.  By the way, I got it = wrong; that's the wippen flange that's cracked, not the hammer flange, as I implied.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca = href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">John Ross</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 01, 2004 = 10:20 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Source for brass = flanges for 1900's Chickering grand?</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Hi Cy,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>It looks suspiciously like the repair = flange #517, on page 99 of the Schaff  Catalogue.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A = href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>= <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=741662027@charter.net = href="mailto:741662027@charter.net">Cy Shuster</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 01, = 2004 11:57 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Source for brass = flanges for 1900's Chickering grand?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8">Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8">We're working on a = 6'4" Chickering grand from the 1900's.  A handful of the brass = hammer flanges have cracks right at the groove that holds the center pin = (see attached photos).  What's the best way to repair this?  Is = it possible to find replacement flanges?  The end of the rep lever = has a curve in it to match the drop screw of the flange, so I wonder if = it's possible to replace hammers, shanks, and flanges as a unit without = affecting the wips, too.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8">Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8">--Cy = Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8">Rochester, = MN</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P> <HR> <P></P>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech = list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOT= E></BODY></HTML>