butt plates and repair clips

[Diane Hofstetter]

Hi Lynn,

  I don't know of any glue to hold the repair clip in place with, but I have 
had success in the past with making a new action rail that I designed to use 
with the wooden flanges.  Once that is done the whole problem is solved.  Of 
course if you only have one broken one and are not rebuilding the piano that 
is a bit extreme.

  Would it be possible to cut that one section of the brass rail out and 
replace it with a Billings flange?  Just an idea, don't know if it would 
actually work....
  Diane


>From: "Lynn Rosenberg" <Lynn@eznet.net>
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Subject: butt plates and repair clips
>Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 21:29:14 -0400
>
>I have just joined this list serve and have been tuning, repairing, and
>rebuilding pianos for 25 years.
>I currently have an action with a broken toungue inwhich the butt plate
>attatches to.  In past years, I, if the situation warents replacing the 
>rail
>with a new duplication, or use repair clips.  In this case, they're isn't
>much brass left to attatch the clip to.  Is they're any good glue, cement,
>or epoxey available to "perminately hold the repair clip in place.  Lynn
>Rosenberg
>
>

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