Brass Rail Replacements/Schaff

[John Ross]

Hi Joe,
Good point about the rail, having to be in good condition, before
annealing.
In his presentation, Mr Belamut, said all fractures in the brass
should be repaired first, with silver solder.
I have never annealed, or silver soldered any rail, so I am only going
by hearsay
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia.
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 2:56 PM
Subject: Brass Rail Replacements/Schaff


| I usually do one or two a year. I have found little problem with the
| duplicated rails from Schaff. One small problem was the replacement
screws
| sent with the rail were too long. They were having problems getting
the
| correct ones. It was brought to Schaff's attention and the next rail
was
| basically trouble free. Occasionally, the width of the "tabs" will
be just
| slightly too wide to fit the original butt slots. This is easily
remedied
| with a fine smooth file. A couple of swipes, per tab, on each side
takes
| care of it. I've found the replacements are very exacting as to
spacing etc.
| It's my opinion that they've gotten the refinements taken care of.
| As for re-annealing, we have a tech, in Milwaukee, Oregon, that does
this. I
| personally don't trust this process. However, he has had good luck
with it.
| This process is contingent on all of the tabs being intact, however.
| Best Regards,
| Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
|
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