<!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 6.00.5296.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>The butt plates can be bought from Schaff.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>Also repair clips. Page 99 </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>I don't like the repair clips.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>I prefer to cut out a section of the rail, and install a repair flange.</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 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=KeyKat88@aol.com href="mailto:KeyKat88@aol.com">KeyKat88@aol.com</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> Friday, July 14, 2006 2:59 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Brass but plates</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Greetings, </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>            On an old upright, instead of flanges on the ends of the hammer butts there is a brass plate system of attatchment to the action rail. If the corners of the brass plate in the paino are broken off, can one replace the entire brass butt plate? In a shop, Are they easy to remake?How many hours would this job take?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Julia Gottshall</DIV> <DIV>Reasding, PA</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>