<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE type=text/css>DIV { MARGIN: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you promise to please don't call me Shirley, I'll tell you.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Promise?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Get new snap-on plastic elbows from Schaff - a modern plastic that presumably will not turn to crumbs in 50 years.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is TONS of stuff in the archives for tips on how to do this job quickly.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</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"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"> <DIV>I just looked at a spinet on which half of the plastic elbows at the bottom of the lifter rods are broken--two broke as I played a note to check pitch.  None broke as I looked at them, however.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Before I get home to my books, I thought I'd ask the wise list for some info.  Surely you don't replace them with the same thing?  (and don't anyone say: "Who's Shirley?"!!)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks in advance,</DIV> <DIV>Richard Morgan</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>