[CAUT] S&S hammer flange rail material

[Ed Sutton]

The thin layer of verdigris which is commonly found under the cloth on old 
Steinways would imply that Steinway used some kind of wax or grease
to hold the cloth to the rail.
Ed S.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan McCoy" <amccoy at mail.ewu.edu>
To: <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] S&S hammer flange rail material


>A thin film of PVC-E.
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> Alan
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>> From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu>
>> Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" 
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>> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:38:33 -0500
>> To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org>
>> Subject: Re: [CAUT] S&S hammer flange rail material
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>> Ed,
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>> How do you adhere the material to the rail?
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>> Thanks
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>> Paul
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>> Stringing braid is very close to the original Steinway rail covers of
>> prewar
>> vintage.
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