<html> A strip of fine emry cloth helps to hold the spacing better. Punch one hole at a time and secure hammer flange with a screw. That way there are no buckles. Jon Page At 02:01 PM 5/20/99 -0500, you wrote: >A question to the list: > >I recently started a restoration of a 1960's Steinway B here at Kansas >State. Unfortunately it's a second generation restoration so some of the >action dimensions are questionable. My one quandary is the absence of the >sticky black hammer flange cloth. I know I could simply call Steinway and >order the part (costs about $2.00); however I've heard of technicians >using nameboard felt as a substitute. Or I could simply dispense with the >cloth altogether, as my predecessor did. > >Any opinions out there on the subject? > >Regards, > >Charles Faulk, RPT >Manhattan, KS >___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at <a href="http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html</a> >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > <div>Jon Page,  Harwich Port,  Cape Cod,  Mass.  <a href="mailto:jpage@capecod.net" EUDORA=AUTOURL>mailto:jpage@capecod.net</a></div> <div>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div> </html>