[CAUT] Steinway rail re-doweling

[Tim Coates]

When I had John re-dowel a rail it was about $600 when the shipping was 
figured in.  Later I was informed that a new complete action frame with 
holes drilled and let off buttons installed was about $260.  The person 
who informed me of this doesn't bother re-doweling because it is not 
cost effective.   The numbers may have changed as far as SS cost, but I 
think the math may still speak for itself.

Tim Coates


On Jul 11, 2006, at 11:37 AM, Alan McCoy wrote:

> I'll echo what others have said about John Dewey. He replaced several 
> rails
> for me that had cracked out. Very nice work. He had a good display in
> Rochester.
>
> Alan
>
>
> -- Alan McCoy, RPT
> Eastern Washington University
> amccoy at mail.ewu.edu
> 509-359-4627
>
>
>> From: Rob & Helen Goodale <rrg at unlv.nevada.edu>
>> Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" 
>> <caut at ptg.org>
>> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 08:39:13 -0700
>> To: <caut at ptg.org>
>> Subject: [CAUT] Steinway rail re-doweling
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Can someone tell me who does Steinway rail re-doweling?  I attended a 
>> class at
>> a convention a few years back with someone who does it but I can't 
>> remember
>> the name.  I know there are a few others out there who do it as well. 
>>  I have
>> a customer with a 1908 model "A" she is interested in rebuilding.  
>> There
>> doesn't appear to be any stripped screw holes as of yet but with it's 
>> age I'm
>> sure it's ready to be re-done anyway as long is I'm doing everything 
>> else.
>>
>> Anyone have an estimate of how much this costs?
>>
>> Rob Goodale, RPT
>> Las Vegas, NV
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