Parade will have to wait, I'm off to the lake, enjoy your weekend, Ed, Ed and all. Marko -----Original Message----- From: owner-caut@ptg.org [mailto:owner-caut@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Ed Sutton Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 2:27 PM To: caut@ptg.org Subject: Re: Genuine Steinway Action Rails Split Hi, Mark- Well, I always thought some day a light would go on and I'd figure out what they -really- mean in that manual....I'm still waiting. Let me know about the parade. Ed ---------- >From: Mark Cramer <cramer@BrandonU.CA> >To: caut@ptg.org >Subject: RE: Genuine Steinway Action Rails Split >Date: Fri, Jul 12, 2002, 12:34 PM > > Under the topic of hammer-spacing, page 32 of the S&S technical reference > guide states "Keep the hammershank flanges evenly spaced with each other and > 90 degrees to the action rail." > > Sometimes I picture the author sitting at the typewriter, contemplating what > he has just written, staring at a Steinway action rail, reading his words > again, and laughing himself to tears. > > I'm thinking of a boardgame where the variables of the tubular rail, a > previous generation's worth of stripped screw-hole repairs, worn rail cloth > and the limitless variety of hammer-traveling options these provide are > color coded with a spinner in the middle. "Spin to choose your contortion, > then just try and make the shank/flange conform to it!" > > I love these pianos dearly, and a noble ideal it is, but on the day I can > actually acheive evenly spaced, and 90 degree flanges on a Steinway action, > we close off 10 city blocks and have a big parade! :>) > > Oh well, like the old Billy Joel song goes, "everybody has a dream!" :>) > > Hey y'all, get outside and enjoy the sunshine for awhile! > > best regards, > Mark Cramer, > Brandon University >
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