<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Hi Dave,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I would suggest that you cut out the bad section, and replace however many you need, with Repair Flanges, #517 on page 99 of the Schaff catalogue.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Use the cut out section as a template for the positioning. If you are careful it works.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=streit@teleport.com href="mailto:streit@teleport.com">David and Julie Streit</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 16, 2004 12:38 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Brass rail duplication</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm wondering if anyone knows of another brass rail duplicator other than Schaff.  From other techs that I've talked to, they haven't been really pleased with the accuracy that Schaff has provided lately and their pricing and turn around time seems a little unreasonable.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a small section (7 3/4") that I need duplicated and I really don't understand why I have to pay full price for something that is less than half the size of a normal piece.  I realize there is time spent in setting up the duplicating machine, but there ought to be a more reasonable approach to pricing considering it's less than half of the work.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, of course I can pass the price to the client and I really have no gripe with Schaff other than this, but there ought to be a better way.  Perhaps someone knows of one.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave Streit, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Portland, OR</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>