...which is why Falcone was in the process of migrating to mounting flanges on a flat surface (vs. the Stwy "cloverleaf"). Alan Eder -----Original Message----- From: John Delacour <JD at Pianomaker.co.uk> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 1:53 pm Subject: Re: Square tube action rails for Steinway M At 13:04 -0400 18/3/08, Greg Newell wrote: >Has anyone ever seen square tube rails on an M? I’m replacing part because >of Vertigris but I spotted this square brass rail tube with a square .. um >dowel inside. It’s not soldered to the frame but rather screwed in at the >ends. I'm thinking I'm gonna replace it but I’m just wondering if anyone has >ever seen this before. It looks like a repair to me, quite neatly done. What would be the point of replacing it? I thought you were referring to the hammer rail or lever rail, and yes, I've seen that too because I did it myself, but not with brass. I used a square steel tube and inserted a tight-fitting walnut dowel. I then drilled 6mm holes right through and from the underneath pressed in special threaded plugs, whose technical name I can't remember, which have a collar at the bottom and take an M4 screw. The hammers are then screwed on using cap-head stainless steel screws. In my opinion the original Steinway tube is a ridiculous design. JD -- ______________________________________________________________________ Delacour Pianos * Silo * Deverel Farm * Milborne St. Andrew Dorset DT11 0HX * England Phone: +44 1202 731031 Mobile: +44 7801 310 689 * Fax: +44 870 705 3241 ______________________________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080318/10166d2c/attachment.html
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