In a message dated 2/11/98 9:08:36 PM, you wrote: >I just returned from tuning a spinet which has plastic elbows. I've been >replacing elbows one at a time for several years. The customer decided to >have them replaced one at a time instead of all at once. There were 2 keys >down when I arrived and she knew what the problem was. What she didn't >know was that the 2 keys were ones that I had put new elbows on in the >past. The elbows had split where they click onto the center pin. These >were the yellow type of elbows. Does anyone know if the quality of modern >day click-on elbows is inferior depending on the manufacturer? I've never >had this happen before but I've used mostly the clear plastic as >replacements. Any ideas? > >Ted Simmons, Merritt Island, FL Ted; It's amazing how often people would rather have the extra expense and continuous hassle of replacing elbows two or three at a time instead of just having them all replaced at once. Oh well. I have always used the Vagias snap on elbows (clear colored) available from Schaff. I have probably installed over a thousand of these and have never had a call back for a broken one. Dave Bunch
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