On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 10:58 PM, Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> wrote: > On 4/24/2011 5:40 PM, John Delacour wrote: > >> >> Here is a picture of the lockrail attached to the top front half on my >> 1870 Brinsmead concert grand. >> > > Any ideas? I think it most unlikely that it is simply glued on. >> > > My first thought agreed with Paul McCloud, as did my second. There's no > lucid reason to mount it with keyed plates, since it needn't reasonably be > easily removable. Instruments of this vintage also tend to have veneer > buried hardware, for what may have seemed like a good reason at the time, > but is a universal pain in the butt now - far far beyond the reasonably > presumed life expectancy of the unit. I'd leave "annoying enough" alone and > work around it. > > Ron N > I agree with those who have written thus far, I suspect it might be screwed in the usual manner w/plugs over the screwheads & veneer over those. Possibly nailed but nails are not the first choice of most woodworkers unless they are brads to hold a glue joint while setting, also a possibility. Mike -- I think we are a product of all our experiences. Sanford I. Weill<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/s/sanfordiw283095.html> Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com <http://www.ifixpianos.com/> email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20110426/9a5123ef/attachment.htm>
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