<!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 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Richard B</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You wrote:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"<FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3>Here's a cute idea. Works great too... and the bendable damper wire is out of the = equation with this flange.... fwtw. Notice each flange has two screws, tightening = on more then the other tilts the flange in that direction." = </FONT><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes - this two-screwed damper flange is = quite novel - though very old. Similar in concept to Bechstein floating touch block = in their old grands. One of my schools has a Richard Lipp (Nr.28370 = = November 1908 ) upright with the damper adjustment identical to your = excellent photo. The action of that piano is in a very sorry state and the school, = being a State School, has no money available to have the piano overhauled. Only = tuned once a year it was in a remarkable state of tuning this time round. But = the kids have yanked a hammer head off and kicked in the knee-board as well as = removing most of the ivory heads. Yuk!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G = (UK)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>