removing a hammer rail!??

[Piannaman@aol.com]

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In a message dated 2/28/04 10:49:26 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
pianolover88@hotmail.com writes:


> I've never had to remove an upright hammer rail...until now.  I cannot 
> figure out HOW to remove it without bending or just plain PULLING out at 
> least one of those retainer "L" shaped thingees that it moves back and forth 
> on. On this particular piano, two go one way and the third goes the other, 
> "locking" it into place. I'm trying to figure out how to remove the the 
> third one, so then the rail will simply slide out, but I can't move the rail 
> even a little ways,  to unscrew it; I know there must be a way but i don't 
> see it. Any ideas? thanks!

Terry,

I removed one...by accident!  I picked up the action by the hammer rail and 
voila: the action fell to the ground, leaving little bits of stickers and 
whippens scattered all over the place.  

Not the recommended way of doing it....:-(

Dave Stahl



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