Brass Rail to Wood Flange Conversion

[terryb]

I converted an old Fischer upright about four and a half years ago. I did 
it exactly the same way that Terry Farrell showed in the first picture that 
he sent. The piano is used by a very excellent pianist and it is heavily 
used. There have been no problems to date.

Terry Beckingham RPT

At 08:01 AM 2/6/2006 -0600, you wrote:

>>Okay guys, please help me understand here. I'm understanding both Ron and 
>>Marcel to suggest that the butt flange in the picture below does not have 
>>sufficient contact with the action rail. Marcel goes further to suggest, 
>>that because of a lack of contact, the metal rods will imbed themselves 
>>into the flange and rail and the flange screws will continually loosen.
>
>I don't know if the flange screws will loosen (or the flange crush), but 
>no support under the screw head doesn't look like a good idea to me.  What 
>are the wires for here? They won't establish or maintain alignment, and 
>aren't a broad enough contact surface to be of much use as support under 
>the screw head, so I don't understand their contribution.
>
>
>>This system has quite a bit of contact between the flange and action 
>>rail. The two entire rectangular areas (about 12mm x 5mm each) of the 
>>flange above the flange screw and below the screw are in intimate contact 
>>with the action rail. Plus it also has the limited surface area of the 
>>wires. That's not enough?
>
>Maybe, but I wouldn't.
>
>Ron N
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