Replacing Steinway Action Frame?

[Isaac OLEG]

My stack came with all letoff button ready.

holes where finely drilled too (new screws are necessary).

Isaac OLEG

> And you will have to add the let-off screws and buttons.
>     (If for some reason the new frame really won't fit, you
> can probably  return it to Steinway.)
>     If you replace the rails yourself, count on a half
> day's work to build an indexing frame to position the rails, 3-4
hours to do
> the job if you have  a frame already built.  (Use old shanks and
flanges gobbed
> together with  thick CA glue to index the rails.  If you want to go
this
> way, I'll give the  details.)
>     If you send it out, you will need to build a crate, and
> the cost of
> having two new rails bored and soldered in is more than the
> cost of the new
> stack.
>     I found the genuine Steinway rails were as accurately
> drilled as the finest duplicate of a genuine Steinway rail, so
lateral
> spacing was not a
> great problem, just genuine Steinway as usual.
>     Ed Sutton
>
>
> ----------
> >From: John Minor <jminor@uiuc.edu>
> >To: <caut@ptg.org>
> >Subject: Replacing Steinway Action Frame?
> >Date: Thu, Nov 7, 2002, 2:05 PM
> >
>
> > I'm considering ordering a new action frame from Steinway
> instead of
> > replacing the 2 split rails. Anyone ever replace the
> entire frame? How
> > much work is involved?
> >
> > John Minor
> > University of Illinois
> >
> >
> >
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