<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> <style></style> Can you get a copy of, measurements from or borrow a scale stick for that model from somebody? <br><br>Conrad Hoffsommer<br><br><br><br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">To: pianotech@ptg.org<br>From: a440a@aol.com<br>Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:47:03 -0400<br>Subject: [pianotech] Riding the rails<br><br><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Greetings,  <div>   Well, it has finally happened.  I have to replace two action rails in an 85 note Steinway A.  There are action rails listed in the parts list, but they are for the 88 note models.  I assumed I would chop off the treble section and have only a half hole left at the top.  Holly has asked if I want them unbored, mentioning that some techs say they are the same, while others of us say they are not.  </div> <div>   Would someone with experience in this give me some idea of which way to go?  I got me a drill press, but the work involved in indexing and drilling is something I would just as soon avoid if possible.  However, I don't want to be fighting an alignment nightmare with ill fitting holes. </div> <div>thanks, <br> <br> <div style="clear: both;"><font size="2" color="black" face="arial">Ed Foote RPT<br> http://www.piano-tuners.org/edfoote/index.htmll</font></div> <div style="font-family: helvetica,arial; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> <div id="ecxAOLMsgPart_1_4849f34d-4e82-47ef-b00a-4644a6b7ff34"><font size="2" color="black" face="arial"> <div style="font-family: arial,helvetica; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"> <div id="ecxAOLMsgPart_1_a1e175a6-2b9f-4598-9c92-fdb8960e4d37"><font class="ecxApple-style-span" size="4" face="'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </span></font> </div> </div> </font> </div> </div> </div> </font> </body> </html>