Hi Ron, Well....that's a good question. If it doesn't work at all and you have to throw out the rail and start over, that's definately not accurate enough. If you put it together, and it takes two miserable days to align everything and it took 300 pieces of traveling paper, that's not accurate enough. If you put it together and it takes a few hours to get it aligned, I guess that's a genuine Steinway part. John Dewey will drill using the original as a model. That won't correct pre-existing shortfalls of perfection, it will just perfectly dupilicate them. Del's comments are certainly worth considering, but in this case I am contracted to rebuild an action, not redesign the piano. The action is in such bad shape that just getting it into the range of "normal Steinway" will be a great improvement. Ron, your class gave us lots to think about, both on the theoretical and practical sides, and big fix and little fix sides. I wish more classes had been like that. Ed >From: Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@cox.net> >To: caut@ptg.org >Subject: Re: Genuine Steinway Action Rails Split >Date: Fri, Jul 12, 2002, 10:53 AM > > > Hi Ed, > > I was wondering, from a practical standpoint, just how accurate is accurate > enough? And accurate to what standard? If you were to measure the string > spacing at the strike line of these pianos and compare them one to another > of the same model, do you suppose you would find that the pianos are built > any more accurately than the rails are drilled? What's the point of > reference for accuracy determination? > > Also, in passing, I can't help but wonder (considering the thread title), > is anyone out there offering faux Steinway action rails? > > > Ron N >
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