<HTML>In a message dated 4/7/01 3:07:22 PM Central Daylight Time, JIMRPT@AOL.COM writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">NO!! :-) Definitely not if it is going to be in a recording studio. I would think that a change of flanges would be the safest route in this instance. I don't think that one of these thingees, with brass flanges, would have been suitable for a recording studio even when they were brand new. </BLOCKQUOTE> OK, so if bar-b-queing the flanges is not recommended, then I need to go on to the next step, which is replacing the brass flanges with wooden ones. I am more than happy to do this. But, and this is where I was hoping some of you could help, what size do I get? Has anyone had any experience replacing brass with wood flanges, both the hammer and wippens. Wim </HTML>