I just did a rail a few months ago with no problems other than some alignment of hammers to strings...not much though...I was happy! David I. On 11 Dec 2002 at 23:17, Greg Newell wrote: > > Uh Oh! I'm having a set done right now. I hope I have a different > experience. > > Greg Newell > > > At 10:22 AM 12/11/2002, you wrote: > > In a message dated 12/10/2002 10:35:17 PM Pacific Standard Time, > jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca writes: > > > Patrick& list > Is having a brass rail made really an option? I had Schaff make > one for me years > ago and the pinning slots were SO not machined straight that the > traveling was a nightmare of rare proportions. They were unusable. > Anybody out there use this product wtihout these type od problems? > Dale > > Hi Patrick, > > I, when using repair clips, have been tempted to use the repair > flanges. They look like they would do a much better job. The > downside is, that you would have to remove the full section, and > cut out the bad notes. This would be much more labour intensive. > There was a class given, in Dearborn, in 1996, about annealing the > brass, it was given by a William J. Belamut. It had a one page > handout, which I could e-mail, if that is allowed. If too many are > gone, I would have a new section made my Schaff. Regards, John M. > Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia. jrpiano > > > > --- > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.423 / Virus Database: 238 - Release Date: 11/25/2002 > Greg Newell mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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