Yeah, I'm referring to the "scalloped" profile of the rails. Only in theory does it make any sense to me. In practice they can be a real pain. Though I invite someone to convince me they are a brilliant idea. Alan > From: "Porritt, David" <dporritt at mail.smu.edu> > Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org> > Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 14:19:28 -0600 > To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org> > Conversation: [CAUT] Parts > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Parts > > Alan: > > I'm pretty much a Renner guy. What part of "design" are you referring > to? If you mean the non-flat rail it's not my favorite part of S&S. If > the world were a perfect place I'm sure that design would hold the parts > securely. Since we have to radically change the design by using > traveling paper, and/or cross paper flanges to get the hammer aimed in > the right direction the design becomes an impediment rather than a help. > > dp > > David M. Porritt > dporritt at smu.edu > > -----Original Message----- > From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of > Alan McCoy > Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 1:26 PM > To: College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org> > Subject: [CAUT] Parts > > Hi Folks and Happy New Year to all, > > When you buy your next action parts - shanks, flanges, backchecks and > wippens - which manufacturer are you going to choose? And why? > > Abel? > Tokiwa? > Renner? > Steinway? > > I am currently working on a S&S M replacing S&F only and using Abel > parts. > Not finished with the job yet, but so far I like the parts. > > Pinning consistent at around 3g. > Shank radius weight mostly at 5g, with a dozen at 4g and another dozen > at > 6g. > Knuckle line is good. (Though I had to do a lot of flange papering to > compensate for the S&S rail design. I can't see much advantage to this > design. What am I missing?) > > Thanks for your thoughts and experience. > > Alan > > > -- Alan McCoy, RPT > Eastern Washington University > amccoy at mail.ewu.edu > 509-359-4627 > > > > >
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