<div>On 10/7/07, Ron Nossaman <<a href="mailto:rnossaman@cox.net">rnossaman@cox.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> > I've never seen a split action rail. Where and how does it split? Hardly ever cross grain, or where there's no joint... Ron N </blockquote></div> I have to vote for the back seperation, the top is covered with felt on those if I remember right so you wouldn't see the seperation. If the side were coming off you would also have noticable lost motion on that end which you don't mention. I have neither seen nor heard of a split action rail except those that were made that way on purpose in old players, certainly not one that split apart on it's own, must be something in the south Florida air that does that! Mike -- Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning.-- Albert Einstein Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 <a href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com</a> email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</a>