[pianotech] Riding the rails

[David Love]

I didn't realize that the brass was toast.  You're sort of stuck then.  For
$600 you can learn a lot about soldering.  

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 9:24 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Riding the rails

On 3/25/2011 10:51 PM, Ed Foote wrote:
> David asks:
>> >BTW are you sure you can't salvage them with some wood rot doctor type
> stuff.
>
> The brass is split all to hell. I have had John Dewey do some before, as
> well as Chris Robinson. However, at over $600 for installing two rails
> that cost about $70 each, plus the delay in shipping and waiting, I
> gotta find a better way. I can handle most of the foreseeable problems,
> but have never soldered anything that heavy.

Considering the profit potential, I can't imagine why not.
Ron N