<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Hi Cy,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>It looks suspiciously like the repair flange #517, on page 99 of the Schaff  Catalogue.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></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=741662027@charter.net href="mailto:741662027@charter.net">Cy Shuster</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 01, 2004 11:57 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Source for brass flanges for 1900's Chickering grand?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8">Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8">We're working on a 6'4" Chickering grand from the 1900's.  A handful of the brass hammer flanges have cracks right at the groove that holds the center pin (see attached photos).  What's the best way to repair this?  Is it possible to find replacement flanges?  The end of the rep lever has a curve in it to match the drop screw of the flange, so I wonder if it's possible to replace hammers, shanks, and flanges as a unit without affecting the wips, too.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8">Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8">--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8">Rochester, MN</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P> <HR> <P></P>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>