Newt: You missed our question. We know how to bed a frame. The question we are posing is how you shimmed the back rail. Period. Wally Wilson, RPT At 06:26 PM 2/5/01 -0500, you wrote: >Bedding: the process of making sure each rail, back, center and >front, are firmly seated upon the keybed for firmness of touch, lack >of noise and resistance to changes caused by weather and heavy >pedaling. > >The process involves making sure the back rail cannot move up or down >but will freely move left and right. > >The front rail touches the keybed at all points with the keyblocks in >place and the key end pins are not forcing the center of the front >rail into the air. Sanding, planing or shim forcing the rail down or >up as needed. > >THe center studs are then set to seat firmly on the keybed without >raising the front or back rails from their secure positions. > >The art is in making this so. > > Newton >
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