Dave, I never really thought about it. I just assumed the manufacturing tolerances were made more exact on the hammer butts and the shanks simply burned in so the hammers struck the strings squarely. I have never heard of having to do any traveling with a brass rail action. How does one do this??? Anybody??? Regards, Greg Torres DGPEAKE@aol.com wrote: > I have had poor luck in using the repair clips. Having the rail duplicated is > a possibility, but I have seen good and bad results. Besides, how do you > travel the shanks? > > The best method is to convert to wood, but you would have to replace the > butts, shanks, and hammers, and in the case of Kimball upright, the damper > lever and flanges as well. It is a more spendy method, but not very hard to > do. I have done one and it came out remarkably well. > > Dave Peake, RPT > Portland, OR > >
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