In a message dated 8/29/00 3:42:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time, agilreath@mindspring.com writes: << The instrument is an old Knabe upright. Butt flanges are double flanges that do not match anything current that I've found so far. The center pins appear to have been plated and the plating has flaked off into the bushing cloth. The reason I first asked was that the Garrett labor guide lists a time for rebushing one flange but not for an entire set. Having repinned plenty of sets, I was curious from some of the folks who have rebushed entire sets to see just how much time was saved on doing a whole set versus one flange at a time. Believe me, if I could get new parts I would certainly use them on this case. I have several thing I'm going to try on this job and let you all know the results when I finally get done. >> This sort of brings up an old topic. Is the piano worth spending all this time to rebush the flanges? Knabe's were good instruments, but with having to rebush the flanges, and perhaps other work on the piano, will the end result warrant all the time and energy spent? Willem
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