butt plate clips loose

[Guy, Karen, and Tor Nichols]

Replacing the rail is the absolute best choice, but since you asked for
ideas "short" of replacement, here goes:
	Use the repair clips, but..... remove the center pins from the butts that
go on the broken area, AND the butts on either side of the broken ones. Use
a piece of bass wire core to make one long center for the affected area,
and install all three or four at once. Works great.
Guy



At 08:00 PM 12/27/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm plagued by an Aeolian upright which has 2 broken tongues on the
>brass butt rail. These were repaired by the "T"-shaped clips and held
>for some years. For some reason, they now keep working themselves off
>(may be the new pianist; it's in a restaurant). I tried a little thick
>super glue; they held about 4 weeks. I thought to try soldering next,
>but feel the rail may just dissipate the heat. Any ideas short of
>replacing the rail?
>
>Philip Jamison
>West Chester, PA
>