Rob, thanks for the interesting report on your trip to the NAMM show. One small item that I would to add a different opinion about is the question of action rail material. I don't think that extruded aluminum action rails are necessarily superior to wooden ones in their various forms, e.g. laminated. Aluminum can have its problems as well, such as stripped flange screw holes, unwanted noise and perhaps other issues. It doesn't surprise me that to my knowledge (which is almost never up to date) of the say 10 finest piano brands, a minority are using aluminum action rails. ..ducking for cover.... Jurgen Goering Piano Forte Supply (250) 754-2440 info at pianofortesupply.com http://www.pianofortesupply.com Rob Goodale wrote: > .... The only critique I have, (and a relatively mild one), were the > action rails. The hammer rail was wood. Being the old stand-by > design there isn't anything inherently bad about this but I would have > expected the more stable aluminum as with most modern designs. The > wippen rail was aluminum but with a maple core. Better, but I would > hope to see these items improved.... -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1245 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070123/7d885c34/attachment.bin
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