<!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 content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>My mentor called it the "thump rail".  And I continue.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Always liked that name..</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mark Potter</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:bases-loaded@juno.com">bases-loaded@juno.com</A></= DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>On Sun, 01 Jul 2001 14:00:19 -0500 Warren Fisher <<A href="mailto:fish@communique.net">fish@communique.net</A>> writes:</= DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: = 10px"> <DIV>I always called it the key retainer rail as an implication of its function </DIV> <P>Warren <P>Tom Driscoll wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"> <STYLE></STYLE>   <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT= : 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----</DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B= >From:</B> <A href="mailto:rshiflet@eaznet.com" title=rshiflet@eaznet.com>= Ron & Lorene Shiflet</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 30, 2001 = 1:02 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Lester Grand key= rail.</DIV> <FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>Key rail:</FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>  &= nbsp; The small narrow board going aacross the tops of the keys.</FONT></FONT>= <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-= RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----</DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black">= <B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:tomtuner@mediaone.net" title=tomtuner@mediaone.= net>Tom Driscoll</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 30, = 2001 1:54 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Lester Grand</DIV> <FONT face=Arial>What's a keyrail?  Tom Driscoll</FONT> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-= RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <UL> <LI>The cheekblocks were attached to the fallboard either from= behind or beneath.  I could not un attach them.  At = the same time, the key rail  was hinged to the fallboard. </LI></UL><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>Ron Shiflet</FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial>    Thanks= , Fallstrip is the most common name. Hope we collectively can = figure this one out.. Tom D</FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>-- <BR>Warren Fisher RPT           &= nbsp;       Beginners & Lurkers <BR>fish@Communique.net        &= nbsp;        Basic Pianotech discussed <BR>1422 Briarwood Dr.           &= nbsp;      Ask any question. <BR>Slidell, LA 70458-3102          &= nbsp;   fish@gs.verio.net <BR>  <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>