...which is why Falcone was in the process of migrating to mounting flanges on a flat surface (vs. the Stwy "cloverleaf"). <div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div> <div>Alan Eder</div> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: John Delacour <JD@Pianomaker.co.uk><br> To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 1:53 pm<br> Subject: Re: Square tube action rails for Steinway M<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_0_5e21ba8b-1dbb-4e46-96ce-aefdaf706f16" style="margin: 0px;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;font-size: 12px;color: #000;background-color: #fff;"> At 13:04 -0400 18/3/08, Greg Newell wrote: <br> <br> >Has anyone ever seen square tube rails on an M? I’m replacing part because <br> >of Vertigris but I spotted this square brass rail tube with a square .. um <br> >dowel inside. It’s not soldered to the frame but rather screwed in at the <br> >ends. I'm thinking I'm gonna replace it but I’m just wondering if anyone has <br> >ever seen this before. <br> <br> It looks like a repair to me, quite neatly done. What would be the point of replacing it? <br> <br> I thought you were referring to the hammer rail or lever rail, and yes, I've seen that too because I did it myself, but not with brass. I used a square steel tube and inserted a tight-fitting walnut dowel. I then drilled 6mm holes right through and from the underneath pressed in special threaded plugs, whose technical name I can't remember, which have a collar at the bottom and take an M4 screw. The hammers are then screwed on using cap-head stainless steel screws.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> In my opinion the original Steinway tube is a ridiculous design. </span><br> <br> JD <br> <br> -- ______________________________________________________________________ <br> Delacour Pianos * Silo * Deverel Farm * Milborne St. Andrew <br> Dorset DT11 0HX * England <br> Phone: +44 1202 731031 <br> Mobile: +44 7801 310 689 * Fax: +44 870 705 3241 ______________________________________________________________________ <br> </div>  <div id='u8CA5753C0CB9BE1-10EC-182D' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Supercharge your AIM. Get the <A title="http://download.aim.com/client/aimtoolbar?NCID=aolcmp00300000002586" href="http://download.aim.com/client/aimtoolbar?NCID=aolcmp00300000002586" target="_blank">AIM toolbar</A> for your browser.</FONT> </div>