<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Ed, Hmm...why didn't I think of that? I guess I was thinking since it's a 1942, those particular braces wouldn't be available. Feeling rather silly now, but educated. ;-) Thanks, John Formsma <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:A440A@aol.com">A440A@aol.com</a> wrote: <blockquote cite="mid1dd.4d9eb26c.3102b4e6@aol.com" type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">The piano is in a club and is susceptible to careless abuse that no doubt caused the braces to break. , so I'm wondering if it's worth the </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">effort to do the insert/bolt </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">thing only to possibly have it break again soon. Would this work? What is your repair/replacement method in this situation? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Greetings, My method is to pick up th phone and call the factory to order a new pair of braces. How much one's time is worth has to be considered here. Regards, Ed Foote RPT <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html">http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html">www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html</a> _______________________________________________ Pianotech list info: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>