Traveling Brass Rail Butts

[Farrell]

Or, of course, convert brass rail to wooden flanges, ala Bill Spurlock....

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett at earthlink.net>
To: "pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: Traveling Brass Rail Butts


>I don't believe you can travel brass butts. You have to use your electric 
> shank bending piers to travel and align the hammers to the strings.
> 
> There is a way, but you won't like it.<G> Take the butt out and bend the
> center pin in a dog-leg fashion. It is extreme and only for extreme
> circumstances. The proper thing to do is remove the hammer/shank and
> re-install it so that the hammer is centered on the unison, IMO.
> 
> 
> Joseph Garrett, R.P.T.
> Captain, Tool Police
> Squares R I
> 
>