Hi Frank, There are several sizes of flanges on those old pianers. I find that none of the modern flanges available exactly fit all actions built in the 1900s to 1930s. So every action that came my way, for a few years, was robbed of its parts for future use. Some times the foot of a flange needs to be sanded down to fit. Better if too big than too small <G> Joe Goss ---------- > From: Frank Cahill <fcahill@erols.com> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: new hammer flanges > Date: Tuesday, December 29, 1998 7:27 PM > > I recntly tuned an old upright...about 70 yrs old. Someone had put on > new hammers, shanks, butts, and flanges. The problem is that the > flanges were loose and hammer alignment was everywhere. > > Tonight I came back to tighten flanges and align hammers. I suspect > that the problem is that the flanges do not fit the rail properly...not > a tight enough fit. I tried every flange I had in my kit, all from > Schaff or APSCO. None of them fit very well. > > Is this just the way things are? Does no one make good replacement > flanges? > > I've been doing piano work since '91 and never replaced an upright > flange...lucky I guess! On grands, the painos have been in production so > it was easy to get good rreplacements. > -- > > Frank Cahill > Associate Member > Northern Va
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