<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Odd Hammer Butt</title></head><body> <div>At 11:12 AM -0700 5/14/03, Patrick C.Poulson wrote:</div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">... I have take in an upright with an unusual hammer butt...I plan to replace the butts, unless there is some unknown reason for keeping these oddities...</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Patrick,</div> <div><br></div> <div>It appears to be an extremely, innovative arrangement to facilitate repetition. Unless you have a sound reason for discarding them, please don't. Make every effort to retain them by rebuilding them if necessary. It won't take that much longer, and you'll preserve a unique piece of design and engineering.</div> <div><br></div> <div>It's just not every day one comes across a find such as this!</div> <div><br></div> <div>Keith McGavern</div> </body> </html>