Big Action Rail Pins

[Farrell]

"Has the grain of the mortices been pulled apart by one too many rebushings?"

No, it clearly appears to have the original key bushings. Buttons look like new. Mortises look like new.

"...such a piano, whose rebuilding right now seems based on faith in its as a good candidate for rebuilding."

Just curious, what do you mean by the above statement? Faith in what?

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Ballard" <yardbird@vermontel.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 10:55 PM
Subject: Re: Big Action Rail Pins


> At 10:19 PM -0500 1/4/03, Farrell wrote:
> >I most often just replace rail pins rather than polish when a few 
> >are nicked or whatever. These are not in bad shape. Perhaps a 
> >thorough polishing is in order! Thanks for the input.
> 
> Terry, how is the keyboard. Has the grain of the mortices been pulled 
> apart by one too many rebushings? If this keyboard is due for new 
> balance holes and rebushing, why not just change buttons and inlay 
> new  front mortises, bushed. If there were other reasons to be this 
> thorough, the ability to start over again with standard key pin 
> sizes. At least you didn't get oval balance pins.
> 
> Of course that's a major investment in the action of such a piano, 
> whose rebuilding right now seems based on faith in its as a good 
> candidate for rebuilding. The Knabe you're doing for these folks is a 
> real adventure. I'm sure we'll hear more.
> 
> Bill Ballard RPT
> NH Chapter, P.T.G.
> 
> "May you work on interesting pianos."
>      ...........Ancient Chinese Proverb
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