<!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 6.00.6000.16705" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dale,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for the tip - I will bring it to Peter's shop tomorrow and have a look.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gene</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=erwinspiano@aol.com href="mailto:erwinspiano@aol.com">erwinspiano@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 13, 2008 5:03 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Short SS A Renner back action</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR><BR><BR><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">  Hi Gene<BR>  One protocol that may help is to fit the blocks & tray in the cavity temporarily & do a mock up of a few lever heights based on key lift & then  extrapolate where the tray will actually sit in its rotation. The higher up in its rotation the less the back side protudes out the back near the belly rail... the less sawdust you make... Capishe? or no<BR>  Dale</FONT><BR></FONT><BR> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_2_3742e1fd-2e83-46ca-aa47-4c820e021148> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Jude Reveley, RPT<BR>Absolute Piano Restoration, LLC<BR>Lowell, Massachusetts<BR>(978) 323-4545</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jude,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The time to do this I suppose is after the new pivot pins have been installed so that I can run the tray through it's true rotation? It seems to me that removing a bit more material than that defined by a straight line across the rear of the pivot blocks will be required and some experimenting is required to assure the thing is not bumping the belly rail?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I will probably use a hand planer.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gene</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV class=aol_ad_footer id=MAILCIAMB017-5baa48f3e1dd4a><BR><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> </HR>McCain or Obama? Stay updated on coverage of the Presidential race while you browse - <A href="http://toolbar.aol.com/elections/download.html?ncid=emlweusdown00000002">Download Now!</A></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>