<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Hi Terry,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I can't think of any reason, not to use the old one as a guide.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Well one reason, might be, if the old one was noticeably uneven.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></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=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</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, April 19, 2004 9:44 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Action Rail Hole Spacing</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyone have any great ideas for how to accurately space screw holes in an action rail? I need to make a new let-off rail for an old M&H upright and the only way I can figure to do it is to use the old one as a guide and mark the new wooden rail. Is there a better way to space?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>