<!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 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>Hi Michael,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>On replacing the screws in an aluminium rail, I find that turning the screw backwards till it "clicks", and then go clockwise, works.</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=michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk href="mailto:michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk">Michael Gamble</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=Erwinspiano@aol.com href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 24, 2005 7:44 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Loose S&S bracket</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Hello Dale and Erwin also List</DIV> <DIV>I cannot say I like the Aluminum extruded action rail. Getting screws back in them without cross-threading when in an awkward space is difficult (to say the least) and I guess one only gets so many wrong goes at this before the screw hole in the Aliminum rail is stripped. Then what? With the S&S may I refer you to Reblitz eccellent answer? I haven't had any problem with S&S to date...</DIV> <DIV>Regards from a windy South Downs Village</DIV> <DIV>Michael G.(UK)</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=Erwinspiano@aol.com href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</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, May 24, 2005 6:04 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Loose S&S bracket</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>In a message dated 5/23/2005 5:39:18 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, <A href="mailto:jonpage@comcast.net">jonpage@comcast.net</A> writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>The bass bracket has broken free of the rails and the Let-Off rail<BR>clicks when a note is played in the lowest octave.<BR><BR>Short of firing up the propane, I was thinking of drilling for set<BR>screws and reinforcing the joint with epoxy or thick CA.  Any thoughts ? ...</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><STRONG>   It works for me. If you can get it solid using this method then go for it. I'd use JB weld for this repair.</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><BR><BR>I'm not a fan of these rails and wish they would replace them with flat rails.<BR>I noticed that new M&H's have a similar tubular rail. What are they <BR>thinking % ?<BR>Can anyone espouse their benefit ?</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> <STRONG>  Rigidity , novelty ,but other systems are just as or more rigid such as Yamaha Aluminum rails.</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG> Dale </STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Jon Page<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>