Balance rail punchings, resisance on 'tip".

[gordon stelter]

Yeah. Same idea.
     Thump


--- Joe And Penny Goss <imatunr@srvinet.com> wrote:

> Accelerated action?
> 
> Joe Goss RPT
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 10:09 AM
> Subject: RE: Balance rail punchings, resisance on
> 'tip".
> 
> 
> > On this otherwise horrid Chickering Brown action I
> am
> > doing, there is one notable "plus" -- a faint
> > depression routed in the balance rail, just behind
> of
> > the punchings', lead edge. There has been
> discusssion
> > here about clipping the front edge of BR punchings
> so
> > that they offer no increased resistance to the
> keys'
> > tilt. But then they need to be secured in place,
> so
> > they don't rotate.
> >      This faint trough, about 1/64" deep, achieves
> the
> > same result.
> >      Thump
> > 
> > 
> > --- Don Valley <dvalley1@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > 
> > >  I do not believe pianos were done without
> balance
> > > rail punchings.  I have
> > > seen them totally eaten away and/or removed by a
> > > previous (technician?).  My
> > > advice is to determine the correct key height,
> then
> > > add at least the thin
> > > punching, preferably with a .010 punching under
> each
> > > one in order to be able
> > > to adjust the key level downward, if necessary,
> when
> > > you do your final
> > > leveling.
> > > A piano without balance rail punchings would be
> > > somewhat noisy, to say the
> > > least.
> > > Don Valley
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: John Delmore [mailto:johndelmore@cox.net] 
> > > Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 11:13 PM
> > > 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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