<!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>Expensive best way, is probably a kit by a Mr. Onesti, if I remember correctly.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Bill Spurlock, had an article in the Journal, with a jig made with a strip of metal, with two points at the ends, one had a pin, to find the hole, the other had a hole for the drill. Then you route out the bad section, and inlay a piece of wood. The two indents made by the metal strip with the pin, as a locator. Are used to position the drill bit guide, for the hole.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I hope my ramblings make sense,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>The Journal article really lays it out.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </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> Tuesday, March 30, 2004 9:16 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Balance Rail Holes - Worn</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Listees,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm rastling with the keys and keyframe of an old, well worn, WNG action. I'm trying to decide what to do with the center keypin key holes. I have limited, as best, experience repairing key center pin holes. The picture below shows the worst of the obviously worn keys. I'm just kinda feelin' that these are past the point of gluing in a shim. Waddaya ya'll think, and what is the latest and greatest regarding rebuilding a key center rail pin hole? Thanks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:005801c416bf$626f9160$2539de18@JRPIANO" align=baseline border=0></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>