The question of the day - did Chickering & all of his Sons have an unusual penchant for creativity? I serviced an old Chickering upright yesterday with brass rail flanges which had four broken and evidence of many others which had been previously serviced ( the people recently moved here). The problem is this: The hammer springs are Schwander type - coming off the hammer butt - and the cord that usually comes of the wooden flange is coming through a hole in the top of the brass flange. The broken ones had all broken at the screw, so just put on a new one right? Well the older ones were taller than the rail to allow for that hole for the cord to pass through, and the replacements aren't. I tried a couple creative solutions but none seemed to duplicate in an effective way. Any ideas or source for those flanges with a hole would be appreciated. Thanks! Jeff Stickney, RPT University of Montana jpage@selway.umt.edu
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