Keith, I've found from experience that without the cloth there, the flanges/hammers are much harder to keep aligned to the strings. With humidity changes, the wood swells and contracts and over a period of time, as you know, the flanges get looser on the rail and will sometimes shift a little. Since it's a brass rail, I believe the cloth is needed for flange stability. Just my $0.02. Avery >Does anyone have information pro or con on removing the hammer flange rail >cloth and its effects on the regulation of the action? (One thing is >apparent, the relationship of the flanges and its attached parts does >change with the cloth removed.) > >Keith A. McGavern, RPT _____________________________________ Avery Todd, RPT Moores School of Music University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-4893 713-743-3226 atodd@uh.edu _____________________________________
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