>Long ago (long enough I can't remember who), someone at Steinway told me it >was to act as a shock absorber between the vibrating hammer shank and the >rail, thereby reducing the noise transfer into the metal hammer rail. That'= s >why it's not needed on the repetition rail -- the moving repetition doesn't >create the kind of noise that the hammer/shank does... > >Bob Davis, RPT Dear Bob, List, I like that concept. In fact those same thoughts were coming to me today before I read your post, Bob. Thanks for the input. Keith A. McGavern, RPT kam544@ionet.net Oklahoma Chapter 731 Oklahoma Baptist University Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
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