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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow"> Wooden ones are better.
Schaff has 2 types of (non-Schwander) wood flanges -- one for Pratt, Read
actions, and one for Aeolian products. The old catalog said the
photos of the flanges in the catalog were "actual size," but they
weren't. I don't know about the new catalog. I just finished
replacing all the hammer and wippen flanges on a 1948 Winter spinet. (Why
people want to put money into these things, I don't know.) Anyhow, in the
process 18 damper flanges broke also, sometimes just by looking at them
crosswise. A lot of them were already cracked, but it's one of those
things you don't notice until you've got it on the bench under bright lights,
not, of course, when you're doing the estimate.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow"> Usually, if one
breaks, more will, so replace 'em all, especially elbows and butt
flanges.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow"> --David Nereson,
RPT</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </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
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<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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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?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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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?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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