[pianotech] Riding the rails

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

Can you get a copy of, measurements from or borrow a scale stick for that model from somebody? 

Conrad Hoffsommer




To: pianotech at ptg.org
From: a440a at aol.com
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:47:03 -0400
Subject: [pianotech] Riding the rails

Greetings, 
   Well, it has finally happened.  I have to replace two action rails in an 85 note Steinway A.  There are action rails listed in the parts list, but they are for the 88 note models.  I assumed I would chop off the treble section and have only a half hole left at the top.  Holly has asked if I want them unbored, mentioning that some techs say they are the same, while others of us say they are not.  

   Would someone with experience in this give me some idea of which way to go?  I got me a drill press, but the work involved in indexing and drilling is something I would just as soon avoid if possible.  However, I don't want to be fighting an alignment nightmare with ill fitting holes. 

thanks, 




Ed Foote RPT

http://www.piano-tuners.org/edfoote/index.htmll




 






 





 		 	   		  
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