[CAUT] Parts

[Alan McCoy]

Yeah, I'm referring to the "scalloped" profile of the rails. Only in theory
does it make any sense to me. In practice they can be a real pain. Though I
invite someone to convince me they are a brilliant idea.

Alan

> From: "Porritt, David" <dporritt at mail.smu.edu>
> Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org>
> Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 14:19:28 -0600
> To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org>
> Conversation: [CAUT] Parts
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Parts
> 
> Alan:
> 
> I'm pretty much a Renner guy.  What part of "design" are you referring
> to?  If you mean the non-flat rail it's not my favorite part of S&S.  If
> the world were a perfect place I'm sure that design would hold the parts
> securely. Since we have to radically change the design by using
> traveling paper, and/or cross paper flanges to get the hammer aimed in
> the right direction the design becomes an impediment rather than a help.
> 
> dp
> 
> David M. Porritt
> dporritt at smu.edu
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
> Alan McCoy
> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 1:26 PM
> To: College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>
> Subject: [CAUT] Parts
> 
> Hi Folks and Happy New Year to all,
> 
> When you buy your next action parts - shanks, flanges, backchecks and
> wippens - which manufacturer are you going to choose? And why?
> 
> Abel?
> Tokiwa?
> Renner?
> Steinway?
> 
> I am currently working on a S&S M replacing S&F only and using Abel
> parts.
> Not finished with the job yet, but so far I like the parts.
> 
> Pinning consistent at around 3g.
> Shank radius weight mostly at 5g, with a dozen at 4g and another dozen
> at
> 6g.
> Knuckle line is good. (Though I had to do a lot of flange papering to
> compensate for the S&S rail design. I can't see much advantage to this
> design. What am I missing?)
> 
> Thanks for your thoughts and experience.
> 
> Alan
> 
> 
> -- Alan McCoy, RPT
> Eastern Washington University
> amccoy at mail.ewu.edu
> 509-359-4627
> 
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