Jim, I might be doing this soon too! I'd appreciate anything that you'd be willing to share. All the best, Greg Newell -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of jimialeggio5 at comcast.net Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 1:50 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Chickering Action Rails Replacement? Chickering Quarter grand 122 scale Action redesign. I'm considering replacing the hammer and repetiton flange rail in order to ditch the brass flanges on a complete geometry redesign on this action. I've got the various geometries down and proofed on autocad. I was planning on running a molded maple rep rail and flat hammer shank rail. Before I model it, is there some reason why ditching the existing steel rails would be a bad idea? Jim I
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