new hammer flanges

[Frank Cahill]

Wimblees@AOL.COM wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 98-12-29 21:41:38 EST, you write:
> 
> << 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?
>   >>
> 
> What brand is this piano. There are about three or four different flanges in
> production. If you can't find one of them to fit, then perhaps it was an
> oddball disign in the first place, and you do what you can with what you got.
> If you want to spend the time, and the customer the money, perhaps you can
> modify a flange to make it fit, and then do that to all of them.
> 
> Wim


I never heard of the brand before.  It may be an oddball as you
suggest.  I doubt she will want to spend the $$.  I'll check with her in
a couple of months.
-- 

Frank Cahill
Associate Member
Northern Va