<!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 6.00.6000.16735" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Matthew,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Maybe it's been brought to your attention already --- How are the notes going to  sound without damper spoons ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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 face=Arial size=2>Find a way my young Brother--find a way.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom Driscoll</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=toddpianoworks@att.net href="mailto:toddpianoworks@att.net">Matthew Todd</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> Friday, October 24, 2008 8:07 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Jack Flanges</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top><BR>I attached the pics of the two broken flanges.<BR><A href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3212/2969737097_6e1364464f.jpg"><BR>http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3212/2969737097_6e1364464f.jpg</A><BR><A 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 href="http://www.toddpianoworks.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://www.toddpianoworks.com</A></FONT></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <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></BODY></HTML>