The other solution is to get rid of the brass rail altogether and convert it to regular wood flanges. I did one a few years ago and bid it around 4K. I also thought I would bid it higher the next time, as it turned out to be a fair amount of work: probably should be more like 5K. It did come out pretty well and it was nice to have a new set of Renner butts in the old Packard. Ryan Sowers On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:11 PM, Joseph Garrett <joegarrett at earthlink.net>wrote: > Wim said: > "Maybe the jig used to make the new rails is bad, or the materials used is > not what it used to be, or the guy who is doing the work isn't experienced > enough to do the job right in the first place. But for whatever reason, > maybe we should all learn the lesson that brass rail replacements are no > longer available. > > > So my solution, and I'll probably get a lot of flack for saying this, is to > tell the customer that replacement parts for brass rails are no longer > available, and it's time to get another piano. If the problem had been a > rotted out pin block, or badly split bridge, or completely worn out action, > what would you tell the customer? As long as they work, old uprights are > great. But there come a time when we need to say, "enough is enough, it's > time to bury the sucker". > > Just my 2 cents worth > > Wim, > I'll see that 2 cents and raise you $.50...Why not replace with regular > flanges?!! Novel idea? <G> Not really. Been doing it for 35 years or so. > Or....how about, If the rail is just in need of annealing...doing it?!! > Sigh! > Just my 1/2 Euros worth...or is that a peso? Nah, both are worth way more > than our currency. > Joe > > > Joe Garrett, R.P.T. > Captain of the Tool Police > Squares R I > > -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120911/efe8600e/attachment.htm>
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