Thanks Pat. I'll keep it in mind...the idea, though, is to jig up to do this work in-house. Actually my question really was a $ question. If...big if...S&S pre-bored rails could fit the bill then the additional $17 they charge for pre-bores would be hard to beat. Jim On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 12:07 PM, J Patrick Draine <jpdraine at gmail.com>wrote: > Or talk to Jude about subcontracting that part of the work. I hear > John Dewey does this quite well, but Jude is local and his price is > better. Best to do the third rail while you're at it. > Patrick Draine > > 3/12/09, Jude Reveley/Absolute Piano <juderev at verizon.net> wrote: > > Jim, > > > > Definitely buy a blank rail and custom bore. > > > > Jude Reveley, RPT > > Absolute Piano Restoration, LLC > > Lowell, Massachusetts > > (978) 323-4545 > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: jim ialeggio > > To: pianotech at ptg.org > > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 10:34 AM > > Subject: [pianotech] S&S action rail replacements? > > > > > > I have an S&S "A" action key and action reprortion project (aka Bruce > > Clark's protocol) for which I'm replacing beat whippen and hammer rails. > It > > would certainly save time and $ to order pre-bored rails from Steinway. > My > > sense though is that I will be sorry for that, as the bore locations of > > contemporary manufacture will most likely not match 1890 locations. > > > > Any experience on this? Is is possible the bore locations would be > > remotely acceptable? > > > > Jim > > -- > > grandpianosolutions.com > > Shirley, MA (978) 425-9026 > > > > -- grandpianosolutions.com Shirley, MA (978) 425-9026 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090312/649af976/attachment.html>
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