old "elbow" plastic

[gordon stelter]

Older plastic was not very well developed, either
     Thump

--- "Kevin E. Ramsey" <kevin.e.ramsey@cox.net> wrote:
> 
>     Well, when you think about it, the force from
> the key goes through the elbow at a ninety degree
> angle, and ALL of the force goes through the elbow.
> So, as I see it, that part gets more of the stress
> than any action part in the piano, with the
> exception of the hammer, but then, why don't we see
> more hammer flanges break? Could be that they have a
> greater sectional density than that thin and long
> elbow. 
> 
> 
> 
>   I guess the elbows get more of an "impact" on them
> than the flanges.
> 
>   At 04:20 PM 10/23/02 -0400, you wrote:
>   >That all makes perfectly good sense.  However,
> many of the ones I have run
>   across (should have run over?) have never had a
> damp chaser installed.
>   >Perhaps they would have fallen apart sooner if
> they had.  Still the
>   flanges, etc. lasted far better than the elbows.
> Maybe just wear & tear
>   from the movement?
>   >Fran Helms
> 


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