<!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 6.00.2800.1528" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Richard,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The plastic snap-ons are the easiest to install and usually give no trouble.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>However I always show the client how to snap them back on so that a call back may not be necessary.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The wood elbows are the permanate fix but require twice the time to replace and cost more to boot. My nippers are a great tool for getting the old plastic off if you are going to use the snap-ons.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you do the wood ones you will want to have the plier center removal tool. As the other is harder to work with.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Removing the actionis my choice of doing the job, but it can be done with the action in the instrument if you like standing on your head and muttering southingly to yourself NOT. <G></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Removing the stickers with the action in the piano allows you to remove the action without removing the keys until you replace the action with stickers attached. Then it is safest to remove the keys and get any bracing out of the way. There is sometimes an iron brace from key bed to action support beam.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></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=rsanbornmorgan@yahoo.com href="mailto:rsanbornmorgan@yahoo.com">Richard Morgan</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 04, 2006 12:51 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Steinbach plastic elbows</DIV> <DIV><BR></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>