Plugging/redrilling Steinway letoff rail

[Michael J. Wathen]

Ron,

Replacing the rail entirely is to my way of thinking the fastest and most
effective way to deal with this problem.  Once you figure out how to do it,
it becomes part of your repetoire for rebuilding actions. The rails, if I
remember correctly are about $80.  You have to remove all the action parts
to unsoder and resoder. 

I remember being reluctant to do this operation but after I did the first
one I realized it was one of those things where it appears real difficult
but in retrospect is quite easy.


At 09:14 AM 9/29/98 -0400, you wrote:
>I'm wondering about the feasibility of plugging and redrilling the letoff
>rail on a Steinway D.  Anyone have experience with that or advise to the
>contrary? I don't care for the notion of removing the rail and replacing
>it, wholesale, but if that's the better route and someone knows a
>foolproof way of accomplishing it, I'm sure my colleague will be
>impressed.  Thanks!
>
>Ron Torrella, RPT
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