<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: engineered wood rail (was: What would Steinway do)</title></head><body> <blockquote type="cite" cite>><font face="Arial" color="#000000">In the world of all-wood rails, I have only seen solid wood (usually hard</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">>maple). What is a "heavy engineered wood" rail? Terry Farrell</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Terry,</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Here's a photo of Renner's old (left) and new (right) back action rails.</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Above them is a piece of a hammer rail.</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><img src="cid:a06240801c214bf37e67f@[192.168.0.6].1.0"></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Hi Jon and all,</div> <div><br></div> <div>I haven't seen those Renner hammer rails with the two different coloured woods, only the multi-laminated all-Beech versions. The likeness to the rails we built for our piano no. 3 is uncanny. We build them slightly differently now, but they're still laminated. The wippen rail and hammer stop rails are similarly laminated. Here's an image which shows our piano no. 3 action rails.</div> <div><font face="Lucida Grande" size="-4" color="#000000">http://overspianos.com.au/003bg.jpeg</font></div> <div><br></div> <div>And here's an image of the most recent four Overs actions we built.</div> <div><font face="Lucida Grande" size="-4" color="#000000">http://members.optusnet.com.au/ronovers/ovsmc2.jpg</font ></div> <div>The two woods used are Australian Antarctic Beech for the outer layers, with a Rock Maple center layer.</div> <div><br></div> <div>BTW Terry, saw your recent post describing your crate building episode, during which the measure-twice-cut-once rule reared its inconvenient head. I think we've all been there. The only folks who haven't are liars.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Its a bit off topic, but I am reminded of a comment my wife's aunt once made.</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote><font color="#0000FF">Several years ago the aunt was walking along a beach with two of her women friends. During the conversation one said,"I can honestly say that during our twenty years of marriage, [my husband] and I have never had an argument. To which the other friend replied, "I wish I could say the same." In reply the aunt said, "why don't you, she just did?"</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Ron O.</div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY</b></font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><i>   </i></font><font color="#0000FF"><i>Grand Piano Manufacturers</i></font><font color="#000000"><br> _______________________</font></div> <div><font size="-2" color="#000000"><br> </font><font color="#000000">Web http://overspianos.com.au</font></div> <div><font color="#000000">mailto:ron@overspianos.com.au<br> _______________________</font></div> </body> </html>