List, Looked at great old Knabe upright from the 1910s or so. Customer is moving it to Israel in several months. Problem: one hammer assembly loose...brass rail stub broken off...previous repair didn't hold (one of those brass clips with the feet. This is a really great piano...perfect everything...except brass rail...the kind I'd like in my living room. Heavy...solid...clean treble. The fellow is leaning towards doing it right and spending the money. I am considering just trying to repair the one bad spot...(I put a rough tuning on it and nothing else broke, I brushed across hammers with fingers and no other hammer assemblies are loose). I also am considering a new brass rail. I believe Schaff duplicates them or at least did. Has anyone had experience in this? Will the new rail with hammers attached still be lined up with strings within reason? I am concerned about can-of-worms syndrome here. I've never really been satisfied with the repair clips for rail repairs. To switch over to traditional wood flanges would entail new butts, rehanging etc...I wonder if I can duplicate just one little section of the rail? I wonder if I should farm this out to my friend David Love? Thanks in advance...and I will peruse the archives! David I.
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