[pianotech] Riding the rails

[Kent Swafford]

Custom jigs can set the heights as well as the spread. See attached.





On Mar 26, 2011, at 11:01 AM, Dale Erwin wrote:

> Hi Dan
>  Thanks for sharing the nifty set up. I was trying to think thru your procedure. Would it be something like?
> 1.  Check & record the action spread spread,elevation, lateral location and tilt of each rail?
> 2. Set up the turnbuckles on the old rails before removal?
> 3. remove one rail and set up the turn buckles , check tilt elevation, lateral alignment and solder?
> 4. Next rail, same procedure?
> 
> Dale S. Erwin
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bergpiano <dan at bergpiano.com>
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Sent: Sat, Mar 26, 2011 5:36 am
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Riding the rails
> 
> Hey guys check it out. http://www.ejbuckpiano.com/Charlie/KeyBoard/Action.html 
>  
> Dan Berg 
>  
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> 
> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> 
> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 2:31 AM 
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Riding the rails 
>  
> >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 
> >  

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