Subject: Re: [pianotech] Brass Rail > Hi Joe, > I have forced the screw to rethread, but thought if the proper die was > available, I would buy it. > Thanks. > John Ross > Windsor, Nova Scotia > On 2010-09-19, at 1:11 PM, Joe Goss wrote: John, John , I think you mean Tap not Die. The tap changes the threads in the hole. I try and save the original screws and also have an inherited pile of brass plates and repair clips with a lifetime supply of all the screw sizes in the shop so I've never had the compatability problem you describe. I know the brass rail system can be problematic but really when you think about it there are a whole lot of WNG action Vose- Ivers and Pond etc pianos out there and 100 years later everything (or almost everything) is intact along with near perfect hammer spacing. I just picked up an 1890's Henry and S.G. Lindeman upright (WNG) and the brass rail and plates are as solid as when Phil Bondi was a little boy. Best wishes, Tom D.
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