No front rail punchings either

[alan forsyth]

Typically 1890's German pianos. On a very hard blow this setup would tend to 
break keys. With that back rail, I don't know how they regulated the key 
dip.

AF


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Gamble" <michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk>
To: "'John Delmore'" <johndelmore@cox.net>; <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 9:26 AM
Subject: RE: No front rail punchings either


> Hello List
> If this contribution gets through without being hurled back as 
> "suspicious"
> by "owner-pianotech-ptg etc" I have often come across upright pianos with 
> no
> front rail punchings. Reason? There's a suspended rail over the tail end 
> of
> the keyframe. The keys hit this instead.
> Regards from a Sunny early morning in The Village. Coffee Vicar?
> Michael G.(UK)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Delmore [mailto:johndelmore@cox.net]
> Sent: 04 September 2005 03:13
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Balance rail punchings
>
> Hi all:
> Today, I got into the Brinkerhoff "lab" piano--just a thourough cleaning
> right now.  I noticed that there are no felt punching on the balance rail:
> is this common for circa 1925 pianos (sn 114743 if any of you kind folks
> have an atlas handy)?  I'm guessing I shouldn't "add" felts where I don't
> find them.
> John Delmore
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