<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18928"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d6dab1> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Dale,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>It's not my work. If you notice the web address it is ejbuckpiano.com. I ran across it doing research and thought it looked like a excellent method of replacement. I agree with your proposed plan of action.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Dan Berg</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=erwinspiano@aol.com href="mailto:erwinspiano@aol.com">Dale Erwin</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> Saturday, March 26, 2011 12:01 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Riding the rails</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT color=black size=2 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><FONT color=black size=2 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"> <DIV>Hi Dan<BR> Thanks for sharing the nifty set up. I was trying to think thru your procedure. Would it be something like?<BR>1.  Check & record the action spread spread,elevation, lateral location and tilt of each rail?<BR>2. Set up the turnbuckles on the old rails before removal?<BR>3. remove one rail and set up the turn buckles , check tilt elevation, lateral alignment and solder?<BR>4. Next rail, same procedure?<BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style="CLEAR: both"><B><FONT color=indigo size=1><FONT face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><FONT size=2>Dale S. Erwin<BR></FONT></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><FONT size=1>www.Erwinspiano.com</FONT></FONT><BR><FONT size=1>Custom restoration<BR>Ronsen Piano hammers<BR>Join the Weickert felt Revolution<BR>209-577-8397</FONT></FONT><BR>209-985-0990</FONT><FONT size=1><BR></FONT></B><BR><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<BR>From: bergpiano <dan@bergpiano.com><BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Sent: Sat, Mar 26, 2011 5:36 am<BR>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Riding the rails<BR><BR> <DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Sans-Serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 12px" id=AOLMsgPart_0_e89372b1-4f7b-441b-b64e-4dfe14bfad26>Hey guys check it out. <A href="http://www.ejbuckpiano.com/Charlie/KeyBoard/Action.html" target=_blank>http://www.ejbuckpiano.com/Charlie/KeyBoard/Action.html</A> <BR> <BR>Dan Berg <BR> <BR>----- Original Message ----- From: "David Love" <<A href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net">davidlovepianos@comcast.net</A>> <BR>To: <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>> <BR>Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 2:31 AM <BR>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Riding the rails <BR> <BR>>I didn't realize that the brass was toast. You're sort of stuck then. For <BR>> $600 you can learn a lot about soldering. <BR>> <BR>> David Love <BR>> <A href="http://www.davidlovepianos.com" target=_blank>www.davidlovepianos.com</A> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> -----Original Message----- <BR>> From: <A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A> [<A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org?">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A>] On > Behalf <BR>> Of Ron Nossaman <BR>> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 9:24 PM <BR>> To: <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> <BR>> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Riding the rails <BR>> <BR>> On 3/25/2011 10:51 PM, Ed Foote wrote: <BR>>> David asks: <BR>>>> >BTW are you sure you can't salvage them with some wood rot doctor type <BR>>> stuff. <BR>>> <BR>>> The brass is split all to hell. I have had John Dewey do some before, as <BR>>> well as Chris Robinson. However, at over $600 for installing two rails <BR>>> that cost about $70 each, plus the delay in shipping and waiting, I <BR>>> gotta find a better way. I can handle most of the foreseeable problems, <BR>>> but have never soldered anything that heavy. <BR>> <BR>> Considering the profit potential, I can't imagine why not. <BR>> Ron N <BR>>  <BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>