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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gene,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>With the pivot blocks installed on the tray outside
of the action cavity, draw a line on the tray that connects the back of
each pivot block. Remove this material and recheck that the tray does not rub
against the bellyrail as the tray rotates. I cut the excess material off on my
tablesaw using a taper jig but you can also use any number of other methods,
bandsaw, power plane etc. This is quite common also with the Stwy
O.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Jude Reveley, RPT<BR>Absolute Piano Restoration, LLC<BR>Lowell,
Massachusetts<BR>(978) 323-4545</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=nelsong@intune88.com href="mailto:nelsong@intune88.com">Gene
Nelson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 12, 2008 10:24
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Short SS A Renner back
action</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello list,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Installing a new Renner back action kit in a 1909
SS A 6'1" and was pleasantly surprised that the belly rail is not parallel to
the key ends or action frame.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It appears that the options are to either plane
off the back side of the new tray or trim the tray at the opposite end where
the lift levers rest.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The original tray was trimmed under the lift
levers so it was wider at the bass than the treble. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As the Renner kit is made of pin block type
material it is probably not an issue to remove 8 to 10mm of stock from the
back of the tray without weakening it so this appears to be the option of
choice. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Trimming the tray under the lift levers at the
opposite end would seem to make regulation difficult.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Curious what any of you do when you encounter
this sort of thing.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gene</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>