<font color='black' size='2' face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'><br> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 3px"> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I’ve probably forgotten a few details—it’s been close to thirty years since I’ve done one—but once you’re started it should go along fairly smoothly.</SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">ddf</SPAN></div> </BLOCKQUOTE></div> <div style="CLEAR: both"> <div>Don't forget that the spoons need to be regulated, too. </div> <div> </div> <div>With all that needs to be done, as Del, and I have said, make sure the customer is willing to pay for this.  </div> <div> </div> <div>Wim</div> </div> <br> <br> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Delwin D Fandrich <del@fandrichpiano.com><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Mon, Jan 2, 2012 6:19 am<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Plastic Damper flanges<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_1_17c6ef3e-dd35-4288-8202-f8392961c083> <STYLE>#AOLMsgPart_1_17c6ef3e-dd35-4288-8202-f8392961c083 td{color: black;} @font-face {font-family:Wingdings; panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;} @font-face {font-family:Wingdings; panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; panose-1:3 15 7 2 3 3 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Optima; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;} #AOLMsgPart_1_17c6ef3e-dd35-4288-8202-f8392961c083 p.MsoNormal,#AOLMsgPart_1_17c6ef3e-dd35-4288-8202-f8392961c083 li.MsoNormal,#AOLMsgPart_1_17c6ef3e-dd35-4288-8202-f8392961c083 div.MsoNormal {margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} #AOLMsgPart_1_17c6ef3e-dd35-4288-8202-f8392961c083 a:link,#AOLMsgPart_1_17c6ef3e-dd35-4288-8202-f8392961c083 span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} #AOLMsgPart_1_17c6ef3e-dd35-4288-8202-f8392961c083 a:visited,#AOLMsgPart_1_17c6ef3e-dd35-4288-8202-f8392961c083 span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} #AOLMsgPart_1_17c6ef3e-dd35-4288-8202-f8392961c083 p.MsoListParagraph,#AOLMsgPart_1_17c6ef3e-dd35-4288-8202-f8392961c083 li.MsoListParagraph,#AOLMsgPart_1_17c6ef3e-dd35-4288-8202-f8392961c083 div.MsoListParagraph {mso-style-priority:34; margin-top:0cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} #AOLMsgPart_1_17c6ef3e-dd35-4288-8202-f8392961c083 span.apple-style-span {mso-style-name:apple-style-span;} #AOLMsgPart_1_17c6ef3e-dd35-4288-8202-f8392961c083 span.EmailStyle18 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; color:navy; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none none;} #AOLMsgPart_1_17c6ef3e-dd35-4288-8202-f8392961c083 .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-size:10.0pt;} @page WordSection1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;} #AOLMsgPart_1_17c6ef3e-dd35-4288-8202-f8392961c083 div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} #AOLMsgPart_1_17c6ef3e-dd35-4288-8202-f8392961c083 ol {margin-bottom:0cm;} #AOLMsgPart_1_17c6ef3e-dd35-4288-8202-f8392961c083 ul {margin-bottom:0cm;} </STYLE> <div class=WordSection1> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">You’ll not find any specifications for this kind of work. You do what you can with what you can find. And you’ll have a talk with your client about the economic feasibility of going ahead with the repair. The piano may not be worth the effort.</SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Having said that—and assuming the client wants to spend the money—the repair procedure is fairly straight forward. </SPAN></div> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">n<SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">  </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">If you’re lucky you might find two pieces of the same flange to measure but why bother? Your choices for replacement flanges are rather limited; buy the one with the spring length that best fits.</SPAN></div> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">n<SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">  </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Remove the rest of the flanges from the damper levers. Do not install the new flanges yet.</SPAN></div> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">n<SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">  </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Sort the levers into piles by damper type; mono-chords to the left, bi-chords next, then tri-chords (if there are any) and, finally the pads.</SPAN></div> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">n<SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">  </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Now start putting them in order using the damper type as an initial guide. Lay them out side-by-side with a board under the wood levers (so they will lie as flat as you can get them) and sort by the amount of bend in the damper wires. </SPAN></div> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">n<SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">  </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The bends will be fairly progressive and obvious to the discerning eye. You probably won’t get them perfect but you should be able to get them fairly close to the right order just by looking. You want the bends to look progressive. </SPAN></div> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">n<SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">  </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Once they are sorted you can install the new flanges and screw them to the rail. Before installing the action stand back and take a last look at the back of the action; you may want to swap around a few for a better side-to-side fit.</SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Thinking about this job is more intimidating than actually doing it. Once the action is in the piano you’ll need to adjust the side-to-side damper spacing and damper lift. This may also not be as bad in the doing as it is in the thinking about. It depends on how close the replacement damper flanges are to the originals.</SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I’ve probably forgotten a few details—it’s been close to thirty years since I’ve done one—but once you’re started it should go along fairly smoothly.</SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">ddf</SPAN></div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Delwin D Fandrich</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Piano Design & Fabrication</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">6939 Foothill Court SW, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Olympia, Washington 98512 USA</SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Phone  360.515.0119 — Cell  360.388.6525</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A href="mailto:del@fandrichpiano.com"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">del@fandrichpiano.com </SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">— </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A href="mailto:ddfandrich@gmail.com"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">ddfandrich@gmail.com</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN></div> </div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </SPAN></div> <div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A> [<A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org?">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A>] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Rob McCall<br> <B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 02, 2012 2:29 AM<br> <B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><br> <B>Subject:</B> [pianotech] Plastic Damper flanges</SPAN></div> </div> </div> <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt" class=MsoNormal> </div> <div> <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt" class=MsoNormal> </div> </div> <div> <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt" class=MsoNormal>Does anyone have any specs for this?  Or does it look like the standard spinet flange from Schaff, etc. would work?</div> </div> <div> <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt" class=MsoNormal> </div> </div> <div> <div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm" class=MsoNormal>Also, if anyone has any hints or tips as to how best to sort the pile of damper levers from the mayhem it's in, into the correct order it needs to be in, I'd appreciate it...  and no, they aren't numbered...  :-/</div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Regards,</SPAN></div> </div> <div> <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> </SPAN></div> </div> <div> <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Rob McCall</SPAN></div> </div> <div> <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> </SPAN></div> </div> <div> <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">McCall Piano Service, LLC<br> <A href="http://www.mccallpiano.com/" target=_blank>www.mccallpiano.com</A></SPAN></div> </div> <div> <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Murrieta, CA</SPAN></div> </div> <div> <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">951-698-1875</SPAN></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt" class=MsoNormal> </div> </div> <div> <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt" class=MsoNormal> </div> </div> <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt" class=MsoNormal> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </font>