upr. brass flange repair

[David Ilvedson]

I just did a rail a few months ago with no problems other than some 
alignment of hammers to strings...not much though...I was happy!

David I.

On 11 Dec 2002 at 23:17, Greg Newell wrote:

> 
> Uh Oh! I'm having a set done right now. I hope I have a different
> experience.
> 
> Greg Newell
> 
> 
> At 10:22 AM 12/11/2002, you wrote:
> 
>     In a message dated 12/10/2002 10:35:17 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>     jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca writes:
> 
> 
>      Patrick& list
>      Is having a brass rail made really an option? I had Schaff make
>      one for me years 
>     ago and the pinning slots were SO not machined straight that the
>     traveling was a nightmare of rare proportions. They were unusable.
>     Anybody out there use this product wtihout these type od problems?
>      Dale
> 
>     Hi Patrick,
> 
>     I, when using repair clips, have been tempted to use the repair
>     flanges. They look like they would do a much better job. The
>     downside is, that you would have to remove the full section, and
>     cut out the bad notes. This would be much more labour intensive.
>     There was a class given, in Dearborn, in 1996, about annealing the
>     brass, it was given by a William J. Belamut. It had a one page
>     handout, which I could e-mail, if that is allowed. If too many are
>     gone, I would have a new section made my Schaff. Regards, John M.
>     Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia. jrpiano
> 
> 
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