Customer has a 1963ish Knight console. The jacks have its own stop rail, whereas on most pianos the letoff rail also has a felt strip on the back to dampen the impact of the jacks so as not to "click". The knight has BOTH a letoff rail AND a separate jack stop rail, but for some strange unknown reason, the latter was originally backed with FOAM instead of felt! Of course after 40 odd years that foam has literally turned to powder and the residue was everywhere! So after cleaning the action and doing some other repairs, I tried to remove the rail so I could back it with a fresh strip of felt....But I cannot figure out how to get it out! It has four adjusting screws like those used for the letoff buttons, only these are longer and go through the rail and continue a couple more inches into the action frame. Turning each screw only results in moving the rail closer or further from the jacks,but does not appear to allow for the removal of the rail. So, I'm hoping someone here has experience with this configuration and can advise me on the correct removal of this rail. Since the rail is without backing at this point, the jacks do make audible clicks when playing, so maybe by regulating the rail so it's farther away from the jacks would lessen or stop the clicks? Thanks in advance for any help in this matter. Terry Peterson
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