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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Have you ever seen/had a wood elbow
break?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My druthers would be the drop action over the
compressed action.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But then with all the new stuff comming out of far
away places it </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>is hard to justify reccommending work on anything
from 1940 to 1980 </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>in the shape of a box.</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>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pianotuner@embarqmail.com
href="mailto:pianotuner@embarqmail.com">Alan Barnard</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> Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:11
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: plastic flanges</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Hi, Joe, and anyone evesdropping ... you said, about
elbows, "<FONT face=Arial size=2>Wood is better than the
plastic."<BR><BR>Why do you say that? With then general sloppiness and
slowness of the wire drop-sticker action, what possible difference could it
make?</FONT><BR><BR>Alan Barnard<BR>Salem, MO<BR><BR>
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Original message<BR>From: "Joe And Penny Goss"
<IMATUNR@SRVINET.COM> </IMATUNR@SRVINET.COM><BR>To: "Pianotech List"
<PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG> </PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: 12/12/2007 9:18:08
PM<BR>Subject: Re: plastic flanges<BR><BR>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wood is better than the plastic. But the cost of
replacing is much higher.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Got my last set of wood that replaces the plastic
from Pianotec.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>While they work, they are a little shorter. One
needs to turn them into the wood 1/16" less</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>to keep the regulation of lost motion near the
same.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If replacing with the plastic,</FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2> tool # 317 makes easy work of the removal of the old
elbow.</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>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=bdoepke@verizon.net href="mailto:bdoepke@verizon.net">Brian
Doepke</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech List'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 12, 2007 3:04
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> plastic flanges</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">While tightening the plastic
hammer flanges of a mid 40’s Mason/Hamlin, one of the plastic flanges broke.
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Do I need to replace it with
another plastic one, or would a wooden one be fine?</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Any specific or weird dimensions
to those flanges or are chances good that I can find one from my saved parts
bin?</SPAN></FONT></P>
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