removing a hammer rail!??

[gordon stelter]

Remove the action bracket with the one hook going "the
other way", then slide the hammer rail out. Sometimes
you do not have to totally remove the deviant bracket,
but can leave one screw in and rotate it away from the
hook end.
     G

--- Piannaman@aol.com wrote:
> 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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