This is a multipart message in MIME format ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment If you turn the screw counterclockwise you can usually feel the= beginning of the screw/thread alignment. The next size can be= used... The best repair for stripped wood, I've found, is slices of hard= shoe leather and a little CA glue... David Ilvedson Original message From: Michael Gamble To: , Received: Tue, 24 May 2005 11:44:54 +0100 Subject: Re: Loose S&S bracket Hello Dale and Erwin also List I cannot say I like the Aluminum extruded action rail. Getting= screws back in them without cross-threading when in an awkward= space is difficult (to say the least) and I guess one only gets= so many wrong goes at this before the screw hole in the Aliminum= rail is stripped. Then what? With the S&S may I refer you to= Reblitz eccellent answer? I haven't had any problem with S&S to= date... Regards from a windy South Downs Village Michael G.(UK) ----- Original Message ----- From: Erwinspiano@aol.com To: pianotech@ptg.org Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 6:04 AM Subject: Re: Loose S&S bracket In a message dated 5/23/2005 5:39:18 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,= jonpage@comcast.net writes: The bass bracket has broken free of the rails and the Let-Off= rail clicks when a note is played in the lowest octave. Short of firing up the propane, I was thinking of drilling for= set screws and reinforcing the joint with epoxy or thick CA. Any= thoughts ? .... It works for me. If you can get it solid using this method= then go for it. I'd use JB weld for this repair. I'm not a fan of these rails and wish they would replace them= with flat rails. I noticed that new M&H's have a similar tubular rail. What are= they thinking % ? Can anyone espouse their benefit ? Rigidity , novelty ,but other systems are just as or more= rigid such as Yamaha Aluminum rails. Dale Regards, Jon Page ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/1d/4e/35/a6/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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