Hmmm? Isn't that what I said?<G> I don't think it needs to be that big of a job, with the right "Jig", it's almost cut/dry easy.<G> If the piano is in the shop, it's even a bit easier, imo. That's my take on it. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: Ryan Sowers To: joegarrett at earthlink.net;pianotech at ptg.org Sent: 9/11/2012 11:32:46 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] re; Brass Rail Duplicatio 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/20120912/63b34484/attachment.htm>
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