Pretty cool graphics Ron! I don't think that would have addressed the problem. There are two flat areas of the flange that should contact the action rail. Both are nearly square is shape. One is just above and one is just below the flange screw. The upper flat square surface just barely - and I mean barely - like by a fraction of a millimeter - contacted the very top edge of the original rail. Several flanges, because the rail edge was chewed-up/damaged/rounded-a-tad actually slipped over the edge - so when you tightened the flange screw the upper portion of the flange would migrate past the rail surface where the flange would normally rest against (and that action center would then be closer to the strings than most other centers). I hope that makes sense. The brass wire wasn't/isn't an issue (or at least I don't think it is), but rather the rail was simply too short for the flange to rest solidly against it. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- >> I'm far from putting it in the piano, but I think this modification will >> be of benefit. Time will tell. >> >> Terry Farrell > > > I think I'd have considered this. Seems easier, and might not > even need the maple addition - "just" a different set of > flanges. Lots of ways to get there, it seems. > > Ron N
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