<!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 6.00.6001.18148" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Matthew-</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The repair should be made in the piano.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Clean up everything and screw the wippen back into the action. Pin the jack into the flange.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There will always be a little bit of play between the flange and the wippen. This lets you adjust the jack for best alignment with the hammer butt. Use your glue of choice: hot hide, yellow, white or medium CA are all good for this. Use tweezers or hemostat to hold the flange and seat it thoroughly. Tilt as needed to align the tip of the jack with the hammer butt.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So many details for such a tiny repair.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed Sutton</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=pianotech@a440piano.net href="mailto:pianotech@a440piano.net">William Monroe</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=toddpianoworks@att.net href="mailto:toddpianoworks@att.net">toddpianoworks@att.net</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 24, 2008 11:11 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Jack Flanges</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Yes, Matthew,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Depends upon how much play is "a little."  Use your judgment, but with a properly fitted flange, glue is all that is necessary.  Further, Ed S. made a good point, that when you remove the old, you may find the new fits much better than you first thought because of the notch in the wippen.  Check it out.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>William R. Monroe</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top>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><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=3>Matthew Todd</FONT></FONT></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>