<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I will work on this.  When I dry fit the pieces, the flange has a little side to side play on the wippen.  Can you confirm that gluing the flange like that will be fine for it to work?<br><br><div><strong><font color="#0000ff" size="4"><u>TODD PIANO WORKS</u></font></strong> <br><font color="#0000ff"><font size="3">Matthew Todd, Piano Technician</font> <br><font size="3">(979) 248-9578</font></font></div> <div><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.toddpianoworks.com">http://www.toddpianoworks.com</a></font></div><br><br>--- On <b>Sat, 10/25/08, Tom Driscoll <i><tomtuner@verizon.net></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Tom Driscoll <tomtuner@verizon.net><br>Subject: Re: Jack Flanges<br>To: toddpianoworks@att.net, "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org><br>Date: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 2:35 AM<br><br><div id="yiv2142174486"> <style></style> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Matthew,</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Maybe it's been brought to your attention already --- How are the notes going to  sound without damper spoons ?</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">87 and 88 whips have none. If you have some flanges that are too big,why not cut-shape  them to size with a fret saw and rasp in the shop? You only need two right?</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Find a way my young Brother--find a way.</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Tom Driscoll</font></div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><b>From:</b> <a rel="nofollow" title="toddpianoworks@att.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:toddpianoworks@att.net">Matthew Todd</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><b>To:</b> <a rel="nofollow" title="pianotech@ptg.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 24, 2008 8:07 PM</div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><b>Subject:</b> Jack Flanges</div> <div><br></div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"><br>I attached the pics of the two broken flanges.<br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3212/2969737097_6e1364464f.jpg"><br>http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3212/2969737097_6e1364464f.jpg</a><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3138/2969736163_b887ba3980.jpg"><br>http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3138/2969736163_b887ba3980.jpg</a><br><br>I ordered some standard jack flanges from Schaff and they came today.  They do not appear to be the right size.  I put it next to the original flange, and you can see quite a difference.<br><br>Help please.<br><br>These "broken keys" are in the center of the keyboard on my clients piano, so I will be stopping by next week and swapping the whippens from B87 and C88, so at least the piano will be playable until I get this issue resolved.<br><br>Thanks again for your help<br> <div><strong><font color="#0000ff" size="4"><u>TODD PIANO WORKS</u></font></strong> <br><font color="#0000ff"><font size="3">Matthew Todd, Piano Technician</font> <br><font size="3">(979) 248-9578</font></font></div> <div><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.toddpianoworks.com">http://www.toddpianoworks.com</a></font></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p> </p><hr> <p></p><br>No virus found in this incoming message.<br>Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com <br>Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.3/1744 - Release Date: 10/24/2008 6:08 PM<br></blockquote></div></blockquote></td></tr></table>