Steinway grand music desk guide rail removal

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In a message dated 2/16/2003 4:43:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
Wimblees@aol.com writes:

> If you're talking about the thin slats of wood on which the music desk 
> slides, this is the way I remove them. First, using a 1" chisel, I break 
> the glue joint from front to back, by hitting the chisel right where the 
> slat and the rim meet. The, I use a 1/4" chisel and start at the back and 
> gently tap the rail out. You might need to use the 1" chisel several times 
> to break that glue joint.


Are you holding the 1" chisel in a horizontal or vertical direction. I would 
imagine that held horizontaly you would split right through the slide but I 
dunno' since that's what I always end up doing anyway.

> 
> There is another way I have heard about, although I have never done it. You 
> can plane off the slat even with the side of the case, and then install a 
> brass or nickel slide, available at the supply houses.
> 

I have, on accasion (when I've obliterated the existing slide attempting to 
remove it) found that I can cut a new mortise in the case using a biscuit 
joiner, moving it an inch or so at a time. The slot thickness seems almost 
perfect. But then I have to make a new slide. I'm trying to re-use the old 
one here.

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