Dave   Your client has my sympathy's. The bad rebuilder stories are very disagreeable.  I find that many of these outdated systems are not replaced because of the reticence or anxiety about replacing them. I understand the economics of this particular job and at some point replacing this under lever system is a timely & first class option since the dampers need replacing anyway. No more questions as to when more of these old dried up  flanges will come unglued.  What a pain!        Anyway if it's of any interest we are now offering a completely assembled damper back actions to what ever specs you wish. Send us a tray & we will duplicate it for $399.00 plus the kit cost. Other upgrades at extra cost. ask for details     Pick your choice.  The Tokiwa,Renner or Steinway are all good systems.   Regards   Dale  Erwin <div id=AOLMsgPart_0_95bcd0e1-91f7-4d95-83e1-d4ca1f1e2d7a style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: #000; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff"><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT> << I fear that more flanges will be following the same failure as this instrument acclimates to the desert so someday it will have to be properly repaired. Would that be a good time to use fasteners or should I stick with the original method. >> Greetings, You will eventually need to glue up a lot of these flanges, so you may as well do it right, ie, take the tray out and repair it. Anything else is just dragging out the misery. Modern glue will, for all practical reasons, make a permanent repair on these rails. The tray is a very soft wood, so take care not to starve the joints. You main job will be educating the customer. If they have a really bad rebuilding job, they will need to understand that the expense has not ended. Regards, Ed Foote RPT <A href="http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html" target=_blank>http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html</A> <A href="http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html" target=_blank>www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html</A> ************** Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (<A href="http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)</HTML" target=_blank>http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)</HTML</A>> </TT></PRE></div> <div id='u8CAAF97E165C450-124C-422D' class='aol_ad_footer'><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">The Famous, the infamous, the lame - in your browser. <A title="http://toolbar.aol.com/tmz/download.html?NCID=aolcmp00050000000014" href="http://toolbar.aol.com/tmz/download.html?NCID=aolcmp00050000000014" target="_blank">Get the TMZ Toolbar Now</A>! </div>