<!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 6.00.2800.1528" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=2>"Terry Farell wrote"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=2>| In this particular case however, a significant part of the problem is likely <BR>| related to<U> "All the screws were stripped in the dowel in the rail."</U> Dowels <BR>| do not belong in a hammer rail - | <BR>| Terry Farrell<BR> <HR> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow" color=#0000ff>Terry,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow" color=#0000ff><STRONG>A dowel <U>does</U> belong in a hammer rail on a S&S. It is approx. 48" long and lives in a brass tube...last time I looked.</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow" color=#0000ff>I agree with what you meant...just take a longer look at what was said.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow" color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow" color=#0000ff>Bob</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=2>R.Moffatt & Sons<BR>2323 Lincoln Drive S.W.<BR>Calgary, Alberta ,  Canada T3E 5G4<BR>Phone. 403.243.0385<BR><A href="http://www.moffattpianos.com">www.moffattpianos.com</A><BR>Fax.     403.243.6821<BR>email:   <A href="mailto:moffatt5@telus.net">moffatt5@telus.net</A></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>