Knabe Upright/David Ilvedson

[David Ilvedson]

Thanks for the info Joe!

David I.



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From: Joseph Garrett <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 19:53:24 -0700
Subject: Knabe Upright/David Ilvedson

>David,
>I have done many brass rail replacements. The new ones from Schaff, (now
>should be known as SchaffApsco<G>), are very nicely done. A couple of
>downers tho: They cannot get the spacing EXACTLY, but come close enough that
>a little minor shank "casting" is about all it needs. The other downer: The
>last rail they did for me came with a complete set of new plates and screws.
>(that's the good part) The screws were way too long! I brought this to their
>attention and was told "that's all we can get currently". ! Yikes! What to
>Do? I used all of the old screws w/new plates and it came out fine.
>Replacing with standard Butts/Flanges is an exercise that requires some
>special jigs in order to get all the geometry correct. It is doable and I've
>done a few, as well. It is more labor intensive, (read more expensive), and
>I much prefer that to the brass rails, especially for top notch pianos like
>Knabes. That decision should be left up to the client, because of the cost.
>Since the piano is going somewhere, where decent service may not be
>available, I would do either new rails or the conversion, to be on the safe
>side. IF, the rails were in ok condition, (ie no broken tabs), then
>re-annealing is also appropriate. Carriage House Music, in Oregon City,
>Oregon, does that sort of thing.
>Best Regards,
>Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)