Traveling on brass rail???-WAS RE:

Gregory Torres Tunapiana@adisfwb.com
Tue, 16 Jun 1998 00:27:46 -0500


Dave,

I never really thought about it. I just assumed the manufacturing tolerances were
made more exact on the hammer butts and the shanks simply burned in so the hammers
struck the strings squarely. I have never heard of having to do any traveling with
a brass rail action.

How does one do this??? Anybody???

Regards,
Greg Torres

DGPEAKE@aol.com wrote:

>  I have had poor luck in using the repair clips.  Having the rail duplicated is
> a possibility, but I have seen good and bad results. Besides, how do you
> travel the shanks?
>
> The best method is to convert to wood, but you would have to replace the
> butts, shanks, and hammers, and in the case of Kimball upright, the damper
> lever and flanges as well.  It is a more spendy method, but not very hard to
> do. I have done one and it came out remarkably well.
>
> Dave Peake, RPT
> Portland, OR
>
>





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