Yicks! Don't think I would even think about bending those old brass tabs. If it doesn't break, it could stress that old brass enough that it will break at a later date to haunt you. Happy Thanksgiving! I'm thinking, probably the closest I will get to a drumstick, here in China, might be black-skinned chicken claw soup with seaweed. Frank Emerson pianoguru at earthlink.net > [Original Message] > From: David Nereson <dnereson at 4dv.net> > To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> > Date: 11/22/2006 3:15:25 AM > Subject: RE: traveling brass rail butts > > I've wondered the same thing. Bending the shank doesn't de-travel the > wandering shank/butt assembly, although it does admittedly allow you to > make the hammer hit the strings instead of missing them, although with a > glancing blow. > I tried gluing a little shim of tin foil (woops, dating myself; make that > aluminum foil)between the center pin and the brass tab on the appropriate > end of the center pin, and it actually worked, but was quite a hassle. > You can take a parallel pliers from above, with the butt removed, and > carefully twist the tab in the direction it needs to go. Only a tiny > bit! -- a few thousandths -- there's a risk you may break it off. But > I've had success doing this. It's guess work on how far to twist it. > I've saved brass rails off old actions I've junked, and if a tab breaks > off, you can sometimes cut out that section, and cut a section from > another brass rail to use as a replacement. A big hassle, but > whattayagonna do? > --David Nereson, RPT > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org]On > Behalf Of terryb > Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 4:53 PM > To: Pianotech List > Subject: Re: traveling brass rail butts > > > Ed > > 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. > > Terry Beckingham > > At 05:24 PM 11/21/2006 -0500, you wrote: > >Hello, > > > >Is there any technique for travelling brass rail butts? > > > >I know how to travel butts with a flange, but I can't conceive of how to > >do it when the center pin is sandwiched between two brass plates. > > > >Thanks for your help, again. > >Ed > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Get free, personalized commercial-free online radio with MSN Radio > powered > >by Pandora http://radio.msn.com/?icid=T002MSN03A07001 > > > > > >
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