<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><BR>A picture is worth a thousand words...<BR><BR>I'm not grasping exactly what you mean?  Mortices in the cheekblocks?   <BR><BR>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, California<BR><BR><BR><BR> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: Wimblees@aol.com<BR>To: caut@ptg.org<BR>Received: 3/8/2006 3:19:51 AM<BR>Subject: [CAUT] front rail delemna<BR><BR><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV align=left>Both mortises that hold the front rail of a S&S grand have been damages, and the slot is now too big for the screw. What are some ways to hold the rail on the piano? Two option I am considering is drilling a hole through the front of the rail and attaching the rail to the cheek block. The other option is to attach the rail with screws from the bottom, like the way a lot of other grands have. The piano is in a practice room, so cosmetics is not important. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>