Richard: That makes as much sense as the "impact reduction" claim. There is no proof for any of this, but there is a sort of intuitive rightness to it. It's one of those little things that I've always simply duplicated since the intuition was there. But I've thought about it! Thanks! Paul In a message dated 9/25/2009 4:42:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time, rwest1 at unl.edu writes: Paul, One thing that didn't get mentioned is the possible cushioning effect the cloth might provide. I've always thought the cloth allows the flange to breathe a little bit with the changes in humidity. The flange stays in position, but isn't damaged by the squeeze between the screw and brass rail. Sort of like what a flange bushing does. I can't prove any of this, except to say that Steinway left the cloth off for a few years, but the cloth is back now, whatever the reason. Richard West On Sep 25, 2009, at 3:08 PM, Paul T Williams wrote: I'm going to try 150 grit sandpaper this time to see what happens. There's another reason they call them "practice" rooms :>) A bare rail just didn't seem right to me. Something, no matter what material, I think, needs to be used, and I thank you all for your different ideas on this. But, why spend more money when I didn't have the sticky stuff on hand and would have to wait several days to be able to even begin! Great help you all are! Best for a great weekend! Go Big Red tomorrow! Got to get by the suprise ending of last week ;>( Paul From: Jon Page <_jonpage at comcast.net_ (mailto:jonpage at comcast.net) > To: _caut at ptg.org_ (mailto:caut at ptg.org) Date: 09/25/2009 02:34 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Action Rail Flange Cloth ____________________________________ I saw a less than mediocre rebuild today with a bare rail. Even with the screws tight, the flanges could be turned. How can the felt reduce impact noise with the screw transmitting the energy to the rail. I use fine emery cloth which I buy in a roll from Klingspor and cut 1/2' wide, long strips. I use double- sided tape used to affix plastic sheeting to windows; 3M makes a 1/2" wide tape for this...perfect. Once the cloth is down, sometimes continuous, I punch a few holes with an awl and install the flanges, punch a few more... The tape and cloth can be inserted under the tenor, thin brass support by bending it upwards slightly and then straightening. -- Regards, Jon Page = -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20090925/f93ec875/attachment-0001.htm>
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