Michael J. Van Deventer wrote: > > Thanks for any help in solving this mystery. > Mike the other message arrived, but it was from a Joel A. Jones with your signature at the bottom. I don't have any recent experience with that piano, but I've seen a lot with that type of rest rail. Usually the rail has an iron flange mounted on it between the bass and tenor hammers that sticks out toward the rear of the action about 2 inches. This is pushed upward by some kind of pitman dowel or metal contraption that extends through a hole in the keybed from a double teeter-totter lever which then extends to the pedal rod. The pedal rod pushes up on one teeter-totter, which in turn pushes down on the next, the other end of which pushes up on the pitman rod, which lifts the rail. Hope this helps, Warren -- Home of the Humor List Warren D. Fisher fish@communique.net Registered Piano Technician Piano Technicians Guild New Orleans Chapter 701
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