Who makes good brass rail replacements?

[John Ross]

Hi Gordon,
Schaff makes them. Page 99 of their catalogue.
I have heard complaints on the list about the quality, though.
I have cut in their repair flanges, item #517 same page, with good results.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 2:08 PM
Subject: Who makes good brass rail replacements?


> I loaned an exquisite Everett Victorian upright to a
> local hotel, and it came back with a brass rail
> fracture on one "nib". ( What do we call those things?
> )Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!
>     I have thought of trying to have it
> "micro-brazed", or cutting out the rail where the
> broken piece is, and splicing in a  bit of salvage
> rail from a junked Henry Miller......
>      But I would like to know who duplicates these
> things, and does it well?
>      Eagerly awaiting your reply,
>      Gordon
> 
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