This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment "....once the brass rail(s) are removed and the wooden rail is = "modified", you have no reference point..." Indeed. The flange center is a very important element of doing this = conversion. Fortunately, it is not difficult to measure the original = location (assuming it was a good location) and then evaluating the = center of the new wooden flange.=20 Terry Farrell ----- Original Message -----=20 Dittos back atcha.<G> I didn't say the parts would fit all that good! = My reaction is the use of a Table Saw. A bit over-kill IMHO, when a hand = plane would suffice. Another thing that is needed, is a "jig" that will = allow you to mount the action, as if it were in the piano. This is the = key to doing this job correctly, when the piano is not in the shop. The = trick is to establish the distance from the hammer butt flange center = pin to the string plane. AND, establishing the correct strike point for = the hammers. Think about it....once the brass rail(s) are removed and = the wooden rail is "modified", you have no reference point(s)!!! As in: = Yikes! DAMHIK!!!<G> Those two factors are extremely important and are = not emphasized sufficiently in the Spurlock articles, IMO. Regards, Joe Garrett, R.P.T.=20 Barbara Richmond wrote: Hi all, I have a customer with a Straube upright piano that has a truly = wonderful sound. I was so surprised the first time I heard it, because = there aren't many uprights that have survived a lifetime in the Midwest = and still have any life in them. Here's the exception. The only = problem is it has a brass rail. Is it possible to convert one of these = to a wooden flange system? =20 Thanks, Barbara Richmond, RPT ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/06/54/a6/0f/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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