<!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>It was meant as a direct replacement part.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>I just don't like the repair clips 513A, 513B, 513KA and 513KB. They do work, but I have found them to not hold their position. It could be I was doing something wrong. :-(</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>With the repair flange #517, I can scribe the position for it, remove that section of rail, cut the piece out, and insert the repair flange.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>Depending on the job, I sometimes still use the first mentioned flanges. Depends on the piano, the second method is much more time consuming. (More expensive, due to time involved)</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>If too many are broken, then have the section, duplicated.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>I saw a demonstration of annealing the rails to bring the flexibility, back to the rail. I can't remember the temperature you had to bring it to.</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> Thursday, July 20, 2006 6:55 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Brass but plates</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Greetings,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>          When you do this, is the part that you install specifically, a <EM>repair</EM> plate specifically designed to replace the section that you cut out? Does Schaff sell that part as a splice piece? What is the part number?...Because if it is the part that I think it is, then that removes all questions as to the difference between a regular butt replacement do-jiggie and a splice piece, <EM>for the brass rail</EM>. The Scaff catalog is unclear, and doesnt explain what the repair piece is/does.   </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>JUlia Gottshall</DIV> <DIV>Reading, PA</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 7/14/2006 2:39:04 PM Eastern Standard Time, jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>I prefer to cut out a section of the rail, and install a repair flange.</FONT></STRONG></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>