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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’ve bought pre drilled entire stacks before. How bad can they be at drilling a hole? I didn’t have any problems. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>David Love<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>www.davidlovepianos.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ed Foote<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 25, 2011 4:47 PM<br><b>To:</b> pianotech@ptg.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [pianotech] Riding the rails<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Greetings, <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> 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. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> 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. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'>thanks, <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Ed Foote RPT<br>http://www.piano-tuners.org/edfoote/index.htmll</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div id="AOLMsgPart_1_4849f34d-4e82-47ef-b00a-4644a6b7ff34"><div><div id="AOLMsgPart_1_a1e175a6-2b9f-4598-9c92-fdb8960e4d37"><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='color:black'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>