Genuine Steinway Action Rails Split

[Ed Sutton]

Hi, Mark-
     Well, I always thought some day a light would go on and I'd figure out
what they -really- mean in that manual....I'm still waiting.  Let me know
about the parade.
    Ed

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>From: Mark Cramer <cramer@BrandonU.CA>
>To: caut@ptg.org
>Subject: RE: Genuine Steinway Action Rails Split
>Date: Fri, Jul 12, 2002, 12:34 PM
>

> Under the topic of hammer-spacing, page 32 of the S&S technical reference
> guide states "Keep the hammershank flanges evenly spaced with each other and
> 90 degrees to the action rail."
>
> Sometimes I picture the author sitting at the typewriter, contemplating what
> he has just written, staring at a Steinway action rail, reading his words
> again, and laughing himself to tears.
>
> I'm thinking of a boardgame where the variables of the tubular rail, a
> previous generation's worth of stripped screw-hole repairs, worn rail cloth
> and the limitless variety of hammer-traveling options these provide are
> color coded with a spinner in the middle. "Spin to choose your contortion,
> then just try and make the shank/flange conform to it!"
>
> I love these pianos dearly, and a noble ideal it is, but on the day I can
> actually acheive evenly spaced, and 90 degree flanges on a Steinway action,
> we close off 10 city blocks and have a big parade!  :>)
>
> Oh well, like the old Billy Joel song goes, "everybody has a dream!"  :>)
>
> Hey y'all, get outside and enjoy the sunshine for awhile!
>
> best regards,
> Mark Cramer,
> Brandon University
>