Ron - this reply is better than the first one. My response was directed to your display of bad manners, which remain unacknowledged. But I leave it at that, as I have no further expectation of you. FWIW I will shim the rails upward and screw in place after relocating the screws. Just because I ask for others opinion and advice doesn't mean that I have not given considerable thought to it before I ask the question. I normally do just that before seeking the advice of others. I am not asking others to do my thinking for me, but if they can supplement whatever I have come up with or show me the error of my ways, I am all ears. Will -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 8:51 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] brass rail duplication On 9/12/2012 6:05 PM, Encore Pianos wrote: > Thanks for our input, Ron. But, try as I might, I can't seem to > shrink myself as small as you want me to be. No, Will, that's not the message. > Yeh, it's a junk job. As my daughter used to say when she was being a > young smarty pants, well, duh. Thank you for stating the obvious, I > never would have gotten it otherwise. And didn't I say what I would have done if I was doing the job? I know how this stuff happens. It's called eating. And being a junk job, it carries serious limitations and risks for alternative approaches when Murphy comes around, and Murphy always comes with these jobs. So in these circumstances, is that 0.035" making you look bad? It doesn't, you know. Under the circumstances, you just make it work. You've been around long enough to know that what you got in rail duplication wasn't the end of the world, and could be made to work without a whole lot of angst. I'm sure you've dealt with much worse successfully. Yes, I agree the rail should have been better, and it's inconceivable that the supplier couldn't spring for a $15 Harbor freight caliper that would certainly have been better than eyeballing, and given them at least some clue as to the accuracy of what they are producing. But they didn't, and likely won't. So, having screamed to the world about the inability of the supplier to produce an exact replica - with equally inaccurate remake, where are you now? Will you convert the rail to standard flanges and buy new parts (at who's expense?), or will you stick with the original plan for the original budgetary reasons and just shim the things up and make them work? THAT was the point. At the end of the day, you have promises to keep and a budget to stay within and you know how to do both. Maybe we'll all get a more perfect world next time around. Ron N
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