Thanks, Bill! Makes sense to me to get a new one. -- John Formsma, RPT Blue Mountain, MS On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 12:02 PM, William Monroe <bill at a440piano.net> wrote: > John, > > I really recommend calling S&S NY ( I know, it seems counter-intuitive) and > have them send you a new top stack for a B. An Action Frame with Let-Off > buttons installed for a B is, as you say, less than half the cost of > replacing the rails. > > Now you have an entirely new top stack with new buttons and eye screws, so > you no longer have to clean the old one, or install (or order - or use the > ones you've already ordered) new buttons. It'll cost you twice that much to > have Dewey replace all the rails. Just do a good job measuring stack heigh > on the old stack (if it is indeed correct). When you get the new one, you > may have to do some fitting in terms of Left to Right position of the action > brackets (they can be bent) for clearance on the keys (maybe modify the keys > a little if necessary), and the overall height of the top action. It should > be minor fitting. but after all, that's what we are paid for. > > The advantage to having Dewey do the repair is that if everything were > correct to start out with in terms of L-R positioning, overall stack height, > and height/placement of each rail, you won't have any fitting to do when it > comes back. And, if something were amiss, you could probably let John know > and he may be able to make minor corrections in that way. > > William R. Monroe > > > On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 11:56 AM, John Formsma <formsma at gmail.com> wrote: > >> What are the current thoughts regarding buying a new action frame from >> Steinway versus having the old one repaired, a la John Dewey? >> >> First action replacement job...notice this morning that there are splits >> in all action rails. Not split throughout all sections of each rail, but in >> each rail. Don't recall seeing any before today. So maybe it happened whilst >> removing old parts last Friday. Good to know now rather than later, I >> suppose. I guess I sure know how to pick 'em. Sigh.... :) >> >> So, I can get a new frame from Steinway for about half the cost of getting >> the old one repaired. What are the pros and cons of each? (Searching the >> archives reveals 7 posts from 2002, but no posting about any end results.) >> >> -- >> John Formsma, RPT >> Blue Mountain, MS >> >> > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20111003/2020423f/attachment-0004.htm>
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