> >In the world of all-wood rails, I have only seen solid wood (usually hard > >maple). What is a "heavy engineered wood" rail? Terry Farrell > >Terry, >Here's a photo of Renner's old (left) and new (right) back action rails. >Above them is a piece of a hammer rail. > Hi Jon and all, I haven't seen those Renner hammer rails with the two different coloured woods, only the multi-laminated all-Beech versions. The likeness to the rails we built for our piano no. 3 is uncanny. We build them slightly differently now, but they're still laminated. The wippen rail and hammer stop rails are similarly laminated. Here's an image which shows our piano no. 3 action rails. http://overspianos.com.au/003bg.jpeg And here's an image of the most recent four Overs actions we built. http://members.optusnet.com.au/ronovers/ovsmc2.jpg The two woods used are Australian Antarctic Beech for the outer layers, with a Rock Maple center layer. BTW Terry, saw your recent post describing your crate building episode, during which the measure-twice-cut-once rule reared its inconvenient head. I think we've all been there. The only folks who haven't are liars. Its a bit off topic, but I am reminded of a comment my wife's aunt once made. Several years ago the aunt was walking along a beach with two of her women friends. During the conversation one said,"I can honestly say that during our twenty years of marriage, [my husband] and I have never had an argument. To which the other friend replied, "I wish I could say the same." In reply the aunt said, "why don't you, she just did?" Ron O. -- OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY Grand Piano Manufacturers _______________________ Web http://overspianos.com.au mailto:ron at overspianos.com.au _______________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070308/49a93d9a/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: engineered rails.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 50356 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070308/49a93d9a/attachment-0001.jpg
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