<HTML>In a message dated 3/13/2002 7:04:30 AM Pacific Standard Time, A440A@AOL.COM writes:                   Terry list and all              I must inject my two cents worth just for the fun and record, I have come to despise most quarter grands.  The bastard damper system is just the tip of the iceberg. The angled shanks and resultant night mare Hammer boring, The brittle and ever breaking brass flanges and wooden action brackets ughhh. The angled damper lever system. Why bother? After rebuilding probably a dozen of these Jonas Chickening wonders in my life I now simply pass, I'd rather do tunings if thetas the choice.    It was a dinosaur when it was built we should now just leave them in the grave.    In our shop the joke is, oh no it's another Chickening, I wonder what strange mechanical contrivance Jonas thought of  this time. I think he was an insomniac who lay awake nights thinking of ways the would drive up production cost and frustrate his shop foreman/workers plus generations of future piano rebuilders.     Jonas " AH Yah mama look das pooor Amereecan piano tuuneh trying to rebuild the quarter grandt, ha ha ha ha.." It worked..........My joke it fooled them. >>>>>. All done, Feel better>>>>Dale Erwin>>>>>>>>>>. <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> > I'm thinking perhaps a few drops of shellac in the flange/head where the >wire goes in might be enough to lock it in.  I've seen this work very well >in other situations.  It swells the wood just a little bit and then hardens >but it won't stick so it is still easily adjustable later. If you screw the threads in with just a little PVC-E glue, the results will be the same, with a lot less trouble. Regards, ED Foote R</BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>